Poem Terms Flashcards
1
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Aposotrophe
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addresses in abstract character or idea
2
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Assossonance
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rhyme in which the same vowel sounds are used with different consonants in the stressed syllables of the rhyming words
3
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Synecdoche
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a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa
4
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metonymy
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the substitution of the name of an attribute for that of a thing meant
5
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slant rhyme
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rhyme in which either the vowels or the consonants of stressed syllables are identical
6
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internal rhyme
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a rhyme unrelated by two or more words in the same line of verse
7
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free verse
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verse that does not follow a fixed pattern
8
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consance
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accoord or agreement
9
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denotation
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the explicit or direct meaning or set of meanings in a word or expression
10
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conceit
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an extended metaphor a complex logic that governs a poem
