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1
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What is the purpose of a balanced line

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Add emphasis, Add a sense of resolution or rest,

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What is the purpose of an unbalanced line

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To push a section forward, to maintain motion

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3
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Balanced number of lines

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Even

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4
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Unbalanced number of lines

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Odd

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5
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Define Family Rhyme

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The consonant sound before the vowel sound is different
The vowel sound is the same
The constant after the vowel is in the same family

i.e.

Fun/Rum

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6
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Plosive Family

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Voiced : B, D, G

Unvoiced : P, T, K

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Fricative Family

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Voiced : V, TH, X, ZH, J

Unvoiced : F, TH, S, SH, CH

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Nasal Family

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M, N, NG

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9
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Define Perfect Rhyme

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  1. Identical vowel sounds
  2. Consonants after the vowel (if any) are identical
  3. The rhyming syllables begin differently

i.e.

Mud/Blood

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10
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What is an open vowel

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A word that end ins a vowel sound such as go, free, play.
These words are not available for family rhyme since their last sound is not a consonant sound. If they are not rhymed perfectly they much be rhymed using additive or subtractive rhyme.

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What is an additive rhyme

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Two syllables. The second of which adds something the first does not contain. The less you add the closer the rhyme is.

Free/Seed
Free/League
Free/Sleep
Free/Treat
Free/Leak
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12
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Order for selecting sounds for additive rhyme

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Voiced Plosive - b, d, g
Unvoiced Plosive - p, t, k
Voiced Fricative - v, TH, z, zh, j
Unvoiced Fricatives - f. th, s, sh, ch

The goal, for a stable rhyme, is always to add as little as possible.

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13
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Subtractive Rhyme

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The opposite of additive rhyme.

The second syllable removes something that the first syllable contains.

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14
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Define Assonance Rhyme

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  1. The syllables vowel sound is the same
  2. The consonants after the vowel are unrelated
  3. The sounds before the vowels are different

i.e.

life/tide
rise/time
ride/hire
rise/fire

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15
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Define Consonance Rhyme

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  1. The syllables vowel sounds are different

2. The consonants after the vowel are the same.

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16
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What are the rules and functions of consonance rhyme

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Consonance rhymes create tension and resolution by making the vowel sounds different you create tension and provides resolution by ending with identical consonant sounds.

The final consonants must be identical. Family relationships do not count in this context.

Beginning consonants CAN be the same

Thad/Thud is equally as valid as cave/give

Consonance Rhyme is the weakest rhyme available

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17
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How do you judge line length

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The number of stressed syllables

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18
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Define Couplet

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2 lines that rhyme

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19
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What are the things rhyme scheme can tell us

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Whether to stop or proceed
How quickly or slowly the structure is moving
How lines group together
When a section is finished
How strongly a section closes
20
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How are rhymes notated

A

Consecutive letters

AA
BB
CC
Etc.

21
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What type of rhyme wants to moved forward

A

A very suitable one such as

A
B
B
A

A rhyme such as this also expects more rhyme to settle.

22
Q

What is the “In Memorium” rhyme scheme

A 
A
B
B
B
C
C
23
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How are unrhymed lines labeled

A

With an X

24
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What is rhyme a connection between

A

Syllables

25
Q

When we say something rhymes what are we really saying

A
  1. The syllables vowel sounds are the same.
  2. The ending consonants are the same
  3. The beginnings are different
26
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What its an “Identity”

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A false rhyme where to syllables have the same beginning

Birthplace, commonplace, misplace, place, replace would all be identities because the syllable that contains the rhyme begins with “p” in every setting. It would need to begin with a different consonant sound to be a true “perfect rhyme”

i.e.

plant, can’t, rant etc.

27
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What is a Masculine Rhyme

A

Rhymes between monosyllabic words and the stressed last syllables of multi syllable words.

Hit/Bit
Go/Undertow
Retreat/Overheat

28
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Feminine Rhymes

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Two syllable rhymes in which the second to last syllables are stressed and the final syllables ares unstressed. The stressed syllables have to rhyme. The unstressed syllables may be either rhymes or identities.

29
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What two effects work together to move the structure forward

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A desire for repetition AND a desire for the repetition of an order.

30
Q

How to accelerate a rhyme system

A

Insert consecutive rhymes

Bring
Search
Sing

Bring
Search
Sing
Last
Fast
31
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How to decelerate a rhyme system

A

Insert alternating rhyme in a system with consecutive rhyme

Last
Fast

Last
Fast
Bring
Search
Sing
Birch
32
Q

What is the strongest way to maintain motion or break it

A

Rhyme

33
Q

What is the simplest continuous flow

A

A
B
A
B

34
Q

What is the simplest fragmented system

A

A
A
B
B

The A’s bond together to cause a point of rest or resolution.
Fragmented sections have a strong flow/closure motion

35
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Example of expected closure

A

A
B
B
A

36
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Examples of unexpected closure

A 
A
B
A
C
C
A

Or

A
B
A
C
C
C
37
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What conditions are required for a closure to be deceptive

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  1. The system must raise expectations that it will be closed in a certain way.
  2. The phrase that is actually used to resolved the system must already be in the structure.
38
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Define unexpected closure

A

When the listeners expectations have been met and the last sound is repeated.

A
A
B
B
B

OR

A
B
A
B
B
39
Q

Order of Key colors from Happiest to Darkest

A

Major Mixolydian Dorian Minior

40
Q

Major Power Progressions

A

I IV
I IV V
I VI- II- V

Common Alterations

I VI- IV V
III- VI- II- V

I II- III- IV

41
Q

Minor Power Progressions

A

I- | bVII
I- | bVII | bVI | bVII

Common Variations

I- | bVII | bVI | V

I- | V-
I- | IV-

42
Q

Mixolydian Power Progression

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I | bVII

I | bVII | IV

43
Q

Dorian Power Progression

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I- | IV

I- | II- | bIII | II-

44
Q

Blues Power Progression

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I7 | IV7

I7 | bIII7 | IV7

45
Q

Build Progressions

A

Major
IV | V

Minor
bVI | V

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