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2011 Literary Terms and Language of English
2011 Literary Terms and Language of English
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English
10th Grade
05/13/2011

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Term
Ballad
Definition
A ballad is a form of verse, often a narrative set to music.
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Onomatopoeia
Definition
refers to the property of such words. Common occurrences of onomatopoeias include animal noises, such as "oink" or "meow" or "roar".
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Portmanteau
Definition
portmanteau word is a blend of two (or more) words or morphemes into one new word.
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Rhyming Couplet
Definition
A couplet is a pair of lines of meter in poetry. It usually consists of two lines that rhyme and have the same meter.
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Meter
Definition
Meter or metre is a term that music has inherited from the rhythmic element of poetry
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Syntax
Definition
addition to referring to the discipline, the term syntax is also used to refer directly to the rules and principles that govern the sentence structure of any individual language,
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Metonymy
Definition
is a figure of speech used in rhetoric in which a thing or concept is not called by its own name, but by the name of something intimately associated with that thing or concept.
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