MRS. DT First Flashcards
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Meter
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- Pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables
- Examples: iambic, trochaic, anapestic, dactylic
2
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Exact End Rhyme
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- Rhyme at ends of successive lines
- Example: Jack & Jill / Went up the hill
3
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Internal Rhyme
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- Rhyme inside a line
- Example: We thin gin, Too cool for school
4
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Slant Rhyme
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- Doesn’t quite rhyme
- Examples: discover/mother, easy/dizzy
5
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Eye Rhyme
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- Type of slant rhyme
- Rhymes to your eyes, not your ears
- Example: through, rough
6
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Rhyme
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- Examples: Exact end rhyme, internal rhyme, slant rhyme, eye rhyme
7
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Sound Effects
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- Repetition, Parallel Structure, Alliteration
8
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Repetition
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- The repetition of words, sounds, phrases
9
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Parallel Structure
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- Example: I have a dream today…I have a dream that one day…)
10
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Alliteration
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- Repetition of intial sounds
- Examples: The still silence of sound; the urge to earn
11
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Diction
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- Word choice
- Examples: formal, simple, poetic, colloquial, monosyllabic, elevated
12
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Connotation
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- Emotional meaning
- Example: milk connotes comfort
13
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Tone
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- Author’s attitude toward his subject
- Examples: judgmental, cynical, sarcastic, sentimental, nostalgic, angry, bitter, etc.
- Distinguish author from speaker
14
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Figures of Speech
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- Metaphor, Simile, Personification, Euphemism, Irony, etc.
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Imagery
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- Appeals to the any of the five senses to make language more vivid
- Visual, Tactile, Auditory, Olfactory, Taste, Kinesthetic
