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1
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alliteration

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repetition of consonant sounds
Example: “While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping”

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2
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approx. rhyme

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when two words rhyme, but not exactly
ex. hollow & mellow

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connotation

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emotional feeling associated w. a word

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4
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couplet

A

two lines which rhyme

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5
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diction

A

word choice
[formal/standard/Informal - colloquial - slang]

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6
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end rhyme

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rhyme @ the end of a line

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7
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images

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words or phrases that appeal to the senses

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internal rhyme

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rhymes w/in a line [NOT at the end]

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9
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metaphor

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figure of speech - comparison w/o like, as, then, etc

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onomatopoeia

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words that imitates sounds [snap, crackle, pOp]

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11
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personification

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giving smth non HUMAN human-like qualities

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12
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rhyme scheme

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pattern of rhymes in a poem

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13
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simile

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figure of speech; comparison using like, as, than, etc

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14
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stanza

A

sections of a poem

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15
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tone

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author’s attitude towards an audience/reader

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16
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stress

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emphasis on a word’s syllable

17
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rhythm

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musical quality that’s created by stress/unstressed syllables.

18
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poetic FOOT

A

at least one stressed syllable

19
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meter

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a regular pattern of stressed/unstressed syllables

20
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scanning

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determining meter [putting stress marks in]

21
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free verse

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a poem that has no pattern/meter

22
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iambic meter [+ who uses this meter always?]

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[U / ] shakespeare

23
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trochaic

A

[/ U ] opposite of iambic

24
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anapestic

A

[ U U / ]

25
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dactylic

A

[ / U U ]

26
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spondee

A

[ / / ]

27
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sonnet

A
  • 14 lines
  • iambic pantameter