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| choice of words that express ideas or concepts. |
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| a description (usually narrative) in which persons, places, & things are employed in a continuous & consistent system of equivalents. |
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| a succession of similar sounds. |
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| indirect reference to any person, place, or thing (fictitious, historical, or actual). |
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| a direct address to someone or something. |
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| a basic image, character, situation, or symbol that appears so often in literature & legend that it evokes a deep universal response. |
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| repeat the sound of a vowel. |
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| unrhymed iambic pentameter. |
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| a poet follows (or finds) some sort of pattern. |
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| the casual (or informal) but correct language of ordinary native speakers, which may include contractions, slang, & shifts in grammar, vocabulary, & diction. |
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| choice of words that can be immediately perceived with our senses. |
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| composed exclusively for the page in which a picture or image is made of printed letters & words. |
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| a kind of slant rhyme, words/phrases have the same beginning & ending consonant sounds but a different vowel. |
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| have a conventional or customary effect. |
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| 2-line stanza, usually rhymed. |
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| particular variety of language spoken by an identifiable regional group or social class of persons. |
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| word choice or vocabulary. |
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| a poem written to state a message or teach a body of knowledge. |
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| the audience or reader understands the implications or meaning of a situation and foresees the oncoming disaster or triumph, but the character does not. |
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| presents the voice of an imaginary character speaking directly, without any additional narration from the author. |
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| a rhyme that occurs at the end of successive lines. |
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| English/Shakespearean sonnet |
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| a rhyme scheme organized into 3 quatrains with a final couplet: abab cdcd efef gg. |
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| a full rhyme in which the sounds following the initial letters of the words are identical in sound. |
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| an "unfolding" of a poem. |
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| occur whenever a speaker or writer, for the sake of freshness or emphasis, departs from the usual denotations of words. |
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| must have no more or no less than 14 lines, rhymed to certain conventional patterns. |
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| a unit of 2 or 3 syllables that contains one strong stress. |
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| the heightened, impersonal language of educated persons, usually only written. |
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| 2 rhymed lines written in iambic pentameter that contain an independent & complete thought or statement. |
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| exaggeration used to emphasize a point. |
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| a word or series of words that refers to any sensory experience/the collective set of images in a poem or other literary work. |
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| rhyme that occurs within a line of poetry. |
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| a literary device in which a discrepancy of meaning is masked beneath the surface of the language. |
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| italian/petrarchan sonnet |
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| rhyme pattern of: abba, abba (first 8 lines) and the final 6 lines follow any pattern of rhymes as long as it does not end in a couplet. |
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| a short poem expressing the thoughts & feelings of a single speaker. |
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| stresses that recur at fixed intervals. |
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| figure of speech in which the name of a thing is substituted for that of another closely associated with it. |
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| words that posses literal & figurative meanings. |
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| traditional stories about the exploits of immortal beings. |
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| one whose main purpose is to tell a story. |
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| an attempt to represent a thing or action by a word that imitates the sound associated with it. |
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| fresh & individual arrangement. |
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| put into your own words what you understand the poem to say, restating ideas that seem essential, coming out & stating what the poem may only suggest. |
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| a statement that at first strikes one as self-contradictory, but that on reflection reveals some deeper sense. |
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| fictitious character: not the poet, but the poet's creation. |
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| a figure of speech in which a thing, an animal, or an abstract term is endowed with human characteristics. |
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| any language deemed suitable for verse, but the term generally refers to elevated language intended for poetry rather than common use. |
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| poetic language printed in prose paragraphs, but displaying the carful attention to sound, imagery, & figurative language characteristic of poetry. |
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| the study of metrical structures in poetry. |
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| a stanza consisting of 4 lines. |
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| words, phrases, or lines repeated at intervals in a song or songlike poem. |
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| 2 or more words that contain an identical or similar vowel sound. |
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| and recurrent pattern of rhyme within an individual poem or fixed form. |
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| the recurrence of stresses & pauses. |
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| a bitter form or irony in which the ironic statement is designed to hurt or mock its target. |
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| poetry that blends criticism with humor to convey a message. |
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| scanning a line/poem by indicating the stresses in it. |
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| a poem or stanza of 6 lines. |
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| rhyming in which the final consonant sounds are the same but the vowel sounds are different. |
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| comparison using "like, as, or than". |
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| a group of lines whose pattern is repeated throughout the poem. |
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| the greater amount of force given to one syllable in speaking than is given to another. |
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| a brief condensation of gist, main idea, or story. |
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| a person, place, or thing in a narrative that suggests meaning beyond its literal sense. |
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| an action whose significance goes well beyond its literal meaning. |
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| the use of a significant part of a thing to stand in for the whole of it or vise versa. |
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| a group of 3 lines of verse, usually all ending in the same rhyme. |
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| an attitude toward the person addressed. |
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| an ironic figure of speech that deliberately describes something in a way that is less than the true case. |
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| words say one thing but mean something else. |
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| any composition in lines of more or less regular rhythm, often ending in rhymes. |
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| the diction of the common people with no pretensions at refinement or elevation. |
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