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Consonance
A word that imitates sound
a word created by combining 2 words to make one
The repetition of consonant sounds
The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words
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Portmanteau
The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words
A word that imitates sound
a word created by combining 2 words to make one
The repetition of consonant sounds
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Iamb
One unstressed followed by a stressed syllable
One stressed followed by two unstressed syllables
Two unstressed syllables followed by a stressed syllable
One stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable
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Spondee
Two stressed syllables in a row
One stressed followed by two unstressed syllables
One stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable
One unstressed followed by a stressed syllable
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Lyric Poetry
A lyric poem uses language to suggest (rather than state directly)
Language that is based on comparison that is not to be taken literally
A type of lyric poem that follows a strict structure
A stanza made up of four rhyming lines
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Onomatopoeia
The repetition of consonant sounds
a word created by combining 2 words to make one
A word that imitates sound
The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words
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Dramatic Irony
It occurs when the audience knows something that a character does not know
when there's a discrepancy between what is expected and what is appropriate
When a speaker says one thing and means the opposite
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Hyperbole
The literal meaning of the word
Figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strongemotion
An expression whose meaning is not predictable from the usual meaning
All of the meanings, association, or emotions that a word may suggest.
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Extended Simile
Makes a comparison between two unlike things using connecting words
Type of metaphor where a nonhuman thing is talked about as if it were human
Continues the comparison over several lines or even through the entire poem
Makes a comparison between two unlike things without using connecting words
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Trochee
Two unstressed syllables followed by a stressed syllable
One stressed followed by two unstressed syllables
One stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable
One unstressed followed by a stressed syllable
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Anaphora
An expression whose meaning is not predictable from the usual meaning
repeated word, phrase, line or number of lines in a poem or song
A line having no pause or end punctuation but having uninterrupted grammar
a rhetorical device that is the repetition of a word in successive clauses
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Personification
Makes a comparison between two unlike things using connecting words
Makes a comparison between two unlike things without using connective words
Type of metaphor where a nonhuman thing is talked about as if it were human
Continues the comparison over several lines or even through the entire poem
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Imagery
a word created by combining 2 words to make one
A word that imitates sound
An author's use of vivid and descriptive language to add depth to the work
The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words
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Couplet
A stanza made up of four rhyming lines
A type of lyric poem that follows a strict structure
A line of poetry made up of five metric feet. Each foot follows a pattern
Two lines that rhyme
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Quatrain
A type of lyric poem that follows a strict structure
A stanza made up of four rhyming lines
A line of poetry made up of five metric feet. Each foot follows a pattern
Two lines that rhyme
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Assonance
The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words that are close
the words the writer chooses to convey a particular meaning.
language used to create vivid and vibrant images in the mind of the reader.
The repetition of vowel sounds within non-rhyming words
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Mood
The atmosphere or predominant emotion in a literary work
language used to create vivid and vibrant images in the mind of the reader.
The repetition of vowel sounds within non-rhyming words
The writers or speaker’s attitude towards a subject, character, or audience
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Alliteration
The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words
The repetition of consonant sounds
A word that imitates sound
a word created by combining 2 words to make one
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Voice
The way words are organized into phrases and sentences.
The writer's distinctive use of language in a story
The voice that is talking to us in the poem.
The author's choice of words
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Direct Metaphor
Saying something is something else
Suggests comparison between one thing and something quite different.
Makes a comparison between two unlike things without using connective words
Makes a comparison between two unlike things using connecting words
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Rhyme
End of lines
Repetition of vowel sound and sound following them in words that are close
Words that sound similar but do not rhyme exactly.
Type of rhythmic compressed language that uses figure of speech and imagery
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Idiom
Figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strongemotion
An expression whose meaning is not predictable from the usual meaning
All of the meanings, association, or emotions that a word may suggest.
The literal meaning of the word
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Simile
Where a nonhuman thing is talked about as if it were human
Continues the comparison over several lines or even through the entire poem
Makes a comparison between two unlike things without using connective words
Makes a comparison between two unlike things using connecting words
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Diction
The repetition of vowel sounds within non-rhyming words
the words the writer chooses to convey a particular meaning.
The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words that are close
language used to create vivid and vibrant images in the mind of the reader.
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Indirect Characterization
The author reveals to the reader what the character is like by describing
The author tells us directly what the character is like
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Alliteration
the words the writer chooses to convey a particular meaning.
The repetition of vowel sounds within non-rhyming words
language used to create vivid and vibrant images in the mind of the reader.
The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words that are close
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Refrain
repeated word, phrase, line or number of lines in a poem or song
An expression whose meaning is not predictable from the usual meaning
A line having no pause or end punctuation but having uninterrupted grammar
a rhetorical device that is the repetition of a word in successive clauses
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Verbal Irony
It occurs when the audience knows something that a character does not know
when there's a discrepancy between what is expected and what is appropriate
When a speaker says one thing and means the opposite
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Metrical Poetry
The alternation of stressed and unstressed syllables
A unit consisting one stressed and usually one or more unstressed syllables
Poetry that is free from metrical rules
Poetry that has a meter
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Dactyl
One unstressed followed by a stressed syllable
Two unstressed syllables followed by a stressed syllable
One stressed followed by two unstressed syllables
One stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable
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Foot
The alternation of stressed and unstressed syllables
Poetry that has a meter
A unit consisting one stressed and usually one or more unstressed syllables
Poetry that is free from metrical rules
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Tone
The atmosphere or predominant emotion in a literary work
The repetition of vowel sounds within non-rhyming words
The writers or speaker’s attitude towards a subject, character, or audience
The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words that are close
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Near/Approximate/Slant Rhyme
Words that sound similar but do not rhyme exactly.
End of lines
Repetition of vowel sound and sound following them in words that are close
Type of rhythmic compressed language that uses figure of speech and imagery
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Syntax
The author's choice of words
The voice that is talking to us in the poem.
The writer's distinctive use of language in a story
The way words are organized into phrases and sentences.
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Situtational Irony
It occurs when the audience knows something that a character does not know
when there's a discrepancy between what is expected and what is appropriate
When a speaker says one thing and means the opposite
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Enjambment
a rhetorical device that is the repetition of a word in successive clauses
A line having no pause or end punctuation but having uninterrupted grammar
repeated word, phrase, line or number of lines in a poem or song
An expression whose meaning is not predictable from the usual meaning
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Free Verse
A unit consisting one stressed and usually one or more unstressed syllables
Poetry that is free from metrical rules
The alternation of stressed and unstressed syllables
Poetry that has a meter
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Metaphor
Saying something is something else
Suggests comparison between one thing and something quite different.
Makes a comparison between two unlike things using connecting words
Makes a comparison between two unlike things without using connective words
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Connotation
All of the meanings, association, or emotions that a word may suggest.
Figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strongemotion
The literal meaning of the word
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Imagery
language used to create vivid and vibrant images in the mind of the reader.
the words the writer chooses to convey a particular meaning.
The repetition of vowel sounds within non-rhyming words
The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words that are close
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Figurative Language
A stanza made up of four rhyming lines
A lyric poem uses language to suggest (rather than state directly)
A type of lyric poem that follows a strict structure
Language that is based on comparison that is not to be taken literally
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Rhythm
Poetry that is free from metrical rules
A unit consisting one stressed and usually one or more unstressed syllables
Poetry that has a meter
The alternation of stressed and unstressed syllables
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Rhyme Scheme
Type of rhythmic compressed language that uses figure of speech and imagery
The pattern of rhyme between lines of a poem or song
Occurs within the lines
Repetition of vowel sound and sound following them in words that are close
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Poetry
Type of rhythmic compressed language that uses figure of speech and imagery
Words that sound similar but do not rhyme exactly.
Repetition of vowel sound and sound following them in words that are close
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Sonnet
A stanza made up of four rhyming lines
Language that is based on comparison that is not to be taken literally
A type of lyric poem that follows a strict structure
A lyric poem uses language to suggest (rather than state directly)
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Iambic Pentameter
A stanza made up of four rhyming lines
A line of poetry made up of five metric feet. Each foot follows a pattern
A type of lyric poem that follows a strict structure
Two lines that rhyme
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Denotation
All of the meanings, association, or emotions that a word may suggest.
Figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strongemotion
The literal meaning of the word
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Direct Characterization
The author tells us directly what the character is like
The author reveals to the reader what the character is like by describing
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Diction
The author's choice of words
The voice that is talking to us in the poem.
The writer's distinctive use of language in a story
The way words are organized into phrases and sentences.
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Implied Metaphor
Makes a comparison between two unlike things without using connective words
Suggests comparison between one thing and something quite different.
Makes a comparison between two unlike things using connecting words
Saying something is something else
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Allusion
Reference to someone or something that is known
Deliberately suggesting two or more different meanings in a work.
Type of rhythmic compressed language that uses figure of speech and imagery
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Internal Rhyme
End of lines
Type of rhythmic compressed language that uses figure of speech and imagery
Occurs within the lines
Repetition of vowel sound and sound following them in words that are close
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End Rhyme
End of lines
Type of rhythmic compressed language that uses figure of speech and imagery
Repetition of vowel sound and sound following them in words that are close
Words that sound similar but do not rhyme exactly.
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Anapest
Two unstressed syllables followed by a stressed syllable
One stressed followed by two unstressed syllables
One stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable
One unstressed followed by a stressed syllable
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Ambiguity
Type of rhythmic compressed language that uses figure of speech and imagery
Deliberately suggesting two or more different meanings in a work.
Reference to someone or something that is known
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Speaker/Persona
The writer's distinctive use of language in a story
The author's choice of words
The way words are organized into phrases and sentences.
The voice that is talking to us in the poem.
