Terminology

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Subject pronoun

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Pronouns that perform the action in the sentence

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Objective pronoun

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Receives the action in the sentence

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Possessive pronoun

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used to indicate ownership

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Reflexive pronoun

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Refer back to a person or thing

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Determiner

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determines what kind of reference a noun or noun group has (a, the, every)

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Definite article

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used before a noun to indicate that the identity of the noun is known to the reader (the)

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Indefinite article

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used before a noun that is general or when its identity is not known (a, an)

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Anaphora

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repeating a sequence of words at beginnings of neighbouring clauses, thereby giving them emphasis

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Anadiplosis

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the last word or phrase of one clause, sentence, or line, is repeated at the beginning of the next

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Antithesis

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a proposition that contrasts or reverses a previously mentioned one, or when two opposites are introduced together for contrasting effect

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Epistrophe

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repetition of a word at the end of successive clauses or sentences

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Foregrounding

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making something the most prominent or important feature

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Motif

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any distinctive feature or idea that reoccurs across the story

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Paradox

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a statement that seems to go against common sense but may still be true

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Lexical Field

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relating to the words or vocabulary of a language

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Tricolon

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using three phrases in succession, all constructed in the same pattern

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Allusion

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an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it, an indirect or passing reference

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Intertextual Reference

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when a text refers to another text

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Assonance

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a resemblance in the sounds of words/syllables either between their vowels or between their consonants

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Consonance

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repetition on consonant sounds in successive words

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Irony

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the expression of ones meaning by using language that signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect

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Connotation

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an idea or feeling which a word invokes for a person in addition to a literal or primary meaning

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Denotation

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the literal or primary meaning of a word, in contrast to the feelings or ideas that the word suggests

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Mimetic rhyme

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characterised by or of the nature of using mimesis, imitative

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Plosives

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sounds generally associated with the letters p, t, k, b, d, g

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Alternate rhyme

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a pattern found in poetry in which the author intentionally alternates between two end sounds

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Blank verse

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poetry written in unrhymed but metered lines, almost always in iambic pentameter

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Caesura

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a metrical pause or break in a verse where one phrase ends and another begins, such as with a comma

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Free verse

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non-metrical, non-rhyming lines that closely follow the natural rhythms of speech

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Iambic pentameter

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lines have 5 sets of 2 beats, first is unstressed and the second is stressed

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Monosyllables

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words consisting of only one syllable

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Prose

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written or spoken language in its ordinary form

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Scansion

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the analysis of the metrical patterns of a poem by organising its lines into feet of stressed and unstressed syllables and showing the major pauses

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Iamb ( x /)

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having two syllables, one unstressed then one stressed

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Trochee (/ x)

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having two syllables, one stressed then one unstressed

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Spondee (/ /)

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a long stressed syllable followed by another long stressed syllable

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Dactyl (/ x x)

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one stressed syllable followed by two unstressed syllables

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Anapest (x x /)

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first two syllables are unstressed and the third syllable is stressed

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Stichomythia

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dialogue in which two characters speak alternate lines of verse

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Asyndeton

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the absence of a conjunction between parts of a sentence, such as: I came, I saw, I conquered

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Hypophora

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a rhetorical term for a strategy in which a speaker or writer raises a question and then immediately answers it

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Parallelism

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using similar words, clauses, phrases, sentence structure, or other grammatical elements to emphasise similar ideas in a sentence

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Polysyndeton

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a list or series of words, phrases, or clauses that is connected with the repeated use of the same conjunction

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Tautology

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The saying of the same thing twice over in different words, generally considered to be a fault of style