Terminology Flashcards
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volta
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A turning point in a sonnet
2
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couplet
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A two line verso, often rhyming
3
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Quatrain
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A four-line verse
4
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sestet
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A six line verse
5
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Octet
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An eight line verse
6
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enjambment
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Run-on lines
7
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Caesura
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A mid-line pause
8
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Iambic
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One unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable
9
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Trochee
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One stressed syllable followed by one unstressed syllable
10
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spondee
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two stressed syllables
11
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Dactyl
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One stressed syllable followed by two unstressed syllables
12
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Anapest
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two unstressed syllables followed by a stressed syllable
13
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Trimeter
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6 syllables
14
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Tetrameter
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8 syllables
15
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Pentameter
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10 syllables
