Vocab #4 Flashcards
1
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Dactyl
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Poetical foot w three syllables-one stressed and two unstressed
2
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Enjambment
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Continuation of a phrase to another line without pause (punctuation)
3
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Epigram
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Short, clever poem w a witty turn of thought
4
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Free verse
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Poetry without a regular rhyme scheme or metrical pattern
5
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Lyric
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Expression of observations and feelings of a single speaker
6
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Metaphor
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Analogy that states one thing is another
7
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Onomatopoeia
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Word that sounds like what it represents
8
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Personification
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Giving human qualities to inanimate objects
9
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Simile
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‘Weak’ metaphor, uses ‘like’ or ‘as’
10
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Syntax
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Word order
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