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Poetry
Basic Poetry Exam Terms
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Undergraduate 1
10/10/2013
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Persona

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Speaker

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Theme

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Verse

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Carpe diem

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Allegory

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Allusion

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Apostorphe

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Hyperbole

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Irony 

 

 

(Situational, Dramatic or Verbal)

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Metaphor

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Metonomy

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Litotes

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Personification

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Simile

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Synecdoche

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Symbol

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Iambic Pentameter

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Meter

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Scansion

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Sprung Rhythm

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End Rhyme

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Eye Rhyme

 

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Feminine Rhyme

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Masculine Rhyme

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Internal Rhyme

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Near Rhyme

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Alliteration

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Assonance

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Cacophony

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Euphony

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Onomatopaeia

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Connotation

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Denoation

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Dialect

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Diction

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Jargon

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Syntax

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Tone

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Ballad

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Dramatic Monologue

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Sonnet

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