Literary Terms To Study Flashcards
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Kennings
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Synonyms found in Germanic poems that substitute for names
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Epithets
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Adjectives that point out specific traits
2
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Alliteration
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Repetition of constant sounds
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Caesura
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Spaces used to separate the thoughts, now called punctuation
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Epic simile
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One comparison using like or as.
May continue a number of lines
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Elegy
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Mournful poem after a loss of someone or something
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Frame story
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Story within a story
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Iambic pentameter
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5 sets of stressed and unstressed sounds (da dum x5
