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Poetic Devices Flashcards

1
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The repeating of a phrase at the beginning of a stanza

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Anaphora

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2
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Shift or dramatic change in thought or emotion

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Volta

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3
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Organization of accented syllables separated by unaccented syllables.

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Rhythm

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4
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UNSTRESSED SYLLABLES

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MARKED WITH A DASH

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5
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STRESSED SYLLABLES

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MARKED A SLASH

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6
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unstressed-stressed

    -/
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Iamb/ iambic

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7
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Stressed-unstressed

   /-
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Trochee/trochaic

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8
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A symbolic representation of something abstract or spiritual meaning

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Allegory

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9
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A brief reference to a person, historical event, work of art or anything biblical or mythological

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Allusion

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10
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Comparing something unfamiliar with something familiar.

ie. the relationship began to thaw

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Analogy

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11
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Speaking to an imagined listener or object.

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Apostrophe

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12
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Exaggeration used for effect

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Hyperbole

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13
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Contradictory statement or situation.

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Irony

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14
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A direct comparison to two unlike things. A resemblance of two different things.

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Metaphor

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15
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Persons or a place is referred to something closely associated.

ie. the White House send their regards

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Metonymy

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16
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Combination of two words that contradict

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Oxymoron

17
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Statement that seems contradicting but may be true

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Paradox

18
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Two unlike thing compared using like or as

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Simile

19
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Inanimate objects. Animals or ideas with human characteristics

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Personification

20
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Shorted stanza

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Couplet

21
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Heroic couplet

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Paired rhymed lines in iambic pentameter

22
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Four line stanza

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Quatrain

23
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6 line stanza

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Sestet

24
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Continuation of logical sense

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Enjambment

25
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Group of verses

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Stanza

26
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Single line in metrical pattern

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Verse

27
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Sonnet

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14 line poem in iambic pentameter with a rhyme scheme

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