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Stylistic Schemes
Vocabulary review for IB English
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English
11th Grade
09/29/2008

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Term
Schemes
Definition
Order of Style
Term
Types of Schemes
Definition
Omission, Addition/Repetition, Meters, and Blank/Free Verses
Term
Omission
Definition
To leave something out
Term
Types of Omissions
Definition
Ellipsis and Asyndention
Term
Ellipsis
Definition
Omission of one or more words that are understood, but required to make a sentance correct
Term
Asyndention
Definition
Elimination of conjunctions for rhythm and pace
Term
Types of Addition/Repetition
Definition
Appositive, Polysyndenton, Anaphora, Anadiplosis
Term
Appositive
Definition
A relationship between a word and a noun phrase that follows it
Term
Polysyndenton
Definition
Using several conjections where they could be omitted
Term
Anaphora
Definition
Repetition of the same words at the beginning of a section or phrase
Term
Anadiplosis
Definition
Repetition of the final words of a sentence at the beginning of the next
Term
Meter
Definition
Regular, natural rhythm of speech
Term
Metrical feet
Definition
Group of syllables falling into pattern
Term
Iambic Foot
Definition
Two syllable foot being (unstressed then stressed)
Term
Trochaic Foot
Definition
Two syllable foot being (Stressed then Unstressed)
Term
Anapestic Foot
Definition

Three syllable foot being

(Unstressed then Unstressed then Stressed)

Term
Dactylic Foot
Definition

Three syllable foot being

(Stressed then unstressed then unstressed)

Term
Blank/Free Verse
Definition

Poetry that doesn't follow a metrical pattern or rhyme scheme

Term
Caesura
Definition
Any break or pause in a line of poetry
Term
Enjambment
Definition
The continuation of a syntactic unit from one line of verse to the next line without a pause
Term
Rhyme
Definition
Repetition of similar sounds
Term
Eye Rhyme
Definition
Words that look alike but may not sound exactly alike
Term
End Rhyme
Definition
Rhyme at the end of a line
Term
Internal Rhyme
Definition
Rhyme occurring within a line of poetry
Term
Slant Rhyme
Definition
Rhyme occurring when final consonant sounds are the same, but vowels are different
Term
Tone
Definition
Overall effect created by writer's use of words
Term
Mood
Definition
Feeling a piece of literature causes in a reader
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