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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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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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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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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An exaggeration
Hyperbole
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Meaning beyond itself
Symbol
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Addressing an inanimate object as though it were alive
Apostrophe
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Traditional pattern which applies to the whole poem
Fixed form
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Written line upon line with no grouping
Continuous form
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Groups of lines having the same metrical pattern
Stanzaic
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2 parts, an octave, and a sestet, which represent a division of thought
Italian or Petrarchan sonnet
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Three quatrains and a couplet
English or Shakespearean sonnet
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Anapestic rhyme, fixed form, five lines
Limerick
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What is the rhyme scheme of a limerick
Aabba
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Unrhymed , 3 lines, 5,7,5 syllables respectively
Haiku
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5 lines, 2,4,6,8,2 syllables
Cinquain
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The topic suggests the shape
Figure poem
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Saying the opposite of what is meant | Example: A tall man is called a midget
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
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
Presenting a discrepancy between appearance and reality
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The manner in which the author deals with a subject
Tone