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Terms Flashcards

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’ ‘

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Spondaic

Spree day

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( ‘

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Iambic

McLamb

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’ ( (

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Dactylic

Act a lick!

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’ (

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Trochaic

Roachy

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’

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Monosyllabic foot

Scream

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One foot

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Monometer

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2

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Dimeter

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3

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Trimeter

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4

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Tetrameter

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5

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Pentameter

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6

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Hexameter

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7

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Heptameter

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8

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Octometer

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The recurrence of sound or motion

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Rhythm

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One syllable rhyming words

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Masculine rhyme

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Two or more syllable rhyme

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Feminine rhyme

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Initial consonant or vowel sounds that are the same—tried and true

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Alliteration

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Repetition of final consonant sounds—first and last

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Consonance

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Repetition of like vowel sounds followed by unlike consonants–mile time mind

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Assonance

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Suggested meanings or associations

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Connotations

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Literal meanings

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Denotations

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An expressed comparison in which the words “like, as, resembles,” may come into play

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Simile

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Human qualities given to inanimate objects

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Personification

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An implied comparison in which one thing is described in terms of another

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Metaphor

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An exaggeration

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Hyperbole

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Meaning beyond itself

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Symbol

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Addressing an inanimate object as though it were alive

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Apostrophe

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Traditional pattern which applies to the whole poem

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Fixed form

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Written line upon line with no grouping

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Continuous form

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Groups of lines having the same metrical pattern

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Stanzaic

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2 parts, an octave, and a sestet, which represent a division of thought

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Italian or Petrarchan sonnet

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Three quatrains and a couplet

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English or Shakespearean sonnet

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Anapestic rhyme, fixed form, five lines

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Limerick

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What is the rhyme scheme of a limerick

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Aabba

35
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Unrhymed , 3 lines, 5,7,5 syllables respectively

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Haiku

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5 lines, 2,4,6,8,2 syllables

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Cinquain

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The topic suggests the shape

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Figure poem

38
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Saying the opposite of what is meant

Example: A tall man is called a midget

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Verbal irony

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Contrasting what a audience knows to be true and what a character says
Example: A man is hiding in a closet and another man enters the room

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Dramatic irony

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Irony of situation

Example: A millionaire doesn’t have enough money to make a phone call because he has no money in his pocket

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Presenting a discrepancy between appearance and reality

41
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The manner in which the author deals with a subject

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Tone

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