Unit One Flashcards
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The expression of an idea in a roundabout, more elegant way
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Paraphrastic Epithet
1
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The Repetition of an idea in different words with the same grammatical form
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Variation
2
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A metaphoric compound of two words
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Kenning
3
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The giving of personal characteristics to something that is not a person
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Personification
4
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The recurrence of consonant sounds at the beginning of nearby stressed syllables
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Alliteration
5
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Wandering minstrels
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Scop
6
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A long, stylized narrative poem celebrating the deeds of a national or ethnic hero
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Epic
7
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Major pauses within likes, marked in scansion by a double bar
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Caesura
8
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Traditionally, a short, melodic, personally expressive poem
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Lyric Poetry
9
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Instruction in literature
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Didacticism
