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Language - Spanish
12th Grade
11/17/2010

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Term
apostrofe
Definition
direct address
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anafora
Definition
repeated words
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aliteracion
Definition
repeated first sound
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alegoria
Definition
Like a fable without animals. An extended storywide metaphor
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asindeton
Definition
lack of conjunctions
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alejandrino
Definition
line with 14 syllables with a pause after 7
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arte menor
Definition
lines with 8 or less syllables
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arte mayor
Definition
lines with 9 or more syllables
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encabalgamiento
Definition
"wrap around" lines of poetry
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epiteto
Definition
unnecessary adjective BEFORE the noun
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hipérbole
Definition
exaggeration
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hipérbaton
Definition
messing up the order of words
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metáfora
Definition
metaphor
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metonimia
Definition
substituting a name for the whole
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Onomatopeya
Definition
words that imitate sounds
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paradoja
Definition
paradox
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perífrasis
Definition
allusion
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parábola
Definition
parable
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prosopopeya/personificación
Definition
personification
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polisíndeton
Definition
more conjugations than normal
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sinalefa
Definition
combining the syllables when the ending of one word and the beginning of the next begin with a vowel
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sinestesia
Definition
mixing two senses together
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símbolo
Definition
symbol
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símil
Definition
simile
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sinécdoque
Definition
naming something by its parts
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verso llano
Definition
accent falls on the second to last syllable. No added or subtracted syllables
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Verso agudo
Definition
accent falls on the last syllable. One syllable added
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verso estrújulo
Definition
accent on the third to last syllable. One syllable subtracted
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sinéresis
Definition
unite two vowels that generally are not forming a diphthong
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diéresis
Definition
opposite of sinéresis. Separate two vowels that generally do form a diphthong
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hiato
Definition
opposite of sinalefa. Keep apart the ending of one word and the beginning of the next when both start with vowels
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rima abrazada
Definition
abba, cddc
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rima encadenada
rima cruzada
Definition
abab, cdcd
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