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Vocab: Section III
18 - 32
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English
12th Grade
09/18/2011

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Amphibrach
Definition
Unstressed, stressed, unstressed
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Anacrusis
Definition
One+ unstressed at the beginning of a verse
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Caesura (zi'ZHoora)
Definition
Pause near the middle of a line
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Enjambment
Definition
Continuation without a pause
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Conceit
Definition
Elaborate metaphor
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Fabliau
Definition
Metrical tale, typically humorous
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Rime
Definition
Vowel and all that follows in a monosyllabic word.
(Ex: Bag = ag)
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End Rhyme
Definition
Same ending sound
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Internal Rhyme
Definition
Rhyme between words in the same line
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Rhyme Scheme
Definition
Pattern of rhymes at the ends of lines
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Masculine Rhyme
Definition
Rhyme of final stressed syllables
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Feminine Rhyme
Definition
Rhyme between stressed syllables followed by more unstressed syllables
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Half Rhyme
Definition
Rhyme occurs only on the first syllable of rhyming word (dog, dock)
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Assonance
Definition
Repitition of similar vowels in stressed syllables of consecutive words
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Consonance
Definition
Repitition of consonants esp. at end of words
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