Vocab 4 Flashcards
1
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analogy
A
comparison; similarity between like features of two things
2
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anthropomorphism
A
giving human qualities to non-human things
3
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arete
A
striving for something perfection while knowing it cannot be reached
4
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aporia
A
talking about not being able to talking about something
5
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assonance
A
repetition of vowel sounds
6
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cacophony
A
meaningless repetition of sound
7
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cogito ergo sum
A
I think therefore I am
8
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consonance
A
repetition of consonant sounds
9
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didatic
A
intended to teach
10
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double entendre
A
double meaning
11
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ekphrastic
A
dramatic expression of a work of art
12
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epigram
A
short and witty poem
13
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heroic couplet
A
two rhyming lines of iambic pentameter
14
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hyperbole
A
exaggeration
15
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internal rhyme
A
two or more words in same line of verse that rhyme
