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| 5004788437 | Apostrophe | An exclamatory figure speech When the speaker in a literary work speaks to an object, idea, or someone who doesn't exist as if it is a living person. When a writer detaches their-self from reality and addresses an imaginary character. A term used when a speaker directly addresses someone or something that isn't present in the poem. The speaker could be addressing an abstract concept like love, place, or thing. Ex: twinkle twinkle little star How I wonder what you are And Car, please get me to work today (Sort of like personification) | 0 | |
| 5004788438 | Assonance | When two or more words close to one another repeat the same vowel sound but start with different consonant sounds. Ex: the engineer held the steering to steer the vehicle. | 1 | |
| 5004788439 | Allegory | A story Poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically moral of political one (deeper meaning of something) Ex: Animal Farm-boxer=working class, pigs=people in power, squealer=propaganda | 2 | |
| 5004788440 | Alliteration | When you have words next or near each other that have the same letter or sound at the beginning Ex: The tall towers tilted before Tim | 3 | |
| 5004788441 | Anaphora | The deliberate repetition of a phrase (first part of a sentence- could be the same word or words) begin repeated at the beginning of the sentences to add emphasis Ex: Every single say you let me down. Every single day you make me mad. Every single day you do such silly things. | 4 | |
| 5018140942 | Antithesis | Where two opposite ideas that are put together in a sentence to achieve a contrasting effect. Ex: money is the root of all evil; poverty is the fruit of all goodness That's one step for man, one giant leap for mankind. | 5 | |
| 5018140943 | Allusion | A brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing, or idea of historical, cultural, literary, or political significance that is out of the work of literature Ex: hey guys? Guess who the new Newton of our school is? - Newton, referring to a smart kid. Don't act like a Romeo | 6 | |
| 5018140944 | Breve | A symbol placed over a vowel to show that it has a short sound | 7 | |
| 5018140945 | Cliché Rhyme | Rhymes that are considered predictable. It is overused so much to the point that it loosing its original and more significant meaning Ex: love and dove | 8 | |
| 5018140946 | Cacophony | The usage of several unharmonious or dissonant sounds in a line or passage. These unharmonious and dissonant sounds include the explosive consonants k, t, g, d, p, and b, and the hissing sounds ch, sh, and s. Ex: 'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe; All mimsy were the borogoves,an And the mome raths outgrabe | 9 | |
| 5037794015 | Couplet | Successive (right after one another) pair of lines in a poem that usually runes and contain the same meter. Ex: my love will never grow It is always a show | 10 | |
| 5037794016 | Character | Any person, animal, thing, or figure represented in a literary work. The qualities of a distinctive individual. | 11 | |
| 5037794017 | Dictation | Choice of words especially with regard the correctness, clearness, or effectiveness | 12 | |
| 5037794018 | Double Entendre | A figure of speech that might have multiple senses interpretations or two meanings of that could be understood in two different ways. Ex: "I do wish you could chat longer, but...I'm having an old friend for dinner | 13 | |
| 5037794019 | Explication | To explain or analyze something such as an idea or work of literature. | 14 | |
| 5037794020 | Euphony | Words and phrases that have a harmonious combination of sounds and pleasant to listen to. Ex: sonnet 18 | 15 | |
| 5037794021 | Heavy Stress | Emphasis that falls on certain syllables Ex: porDUCE | 16 | |
| 5037794022 | Internal Rhyme | A rhyme involving A word in the middle of a line and another at the end of the line or next to it (also call middle rhyme) Ex: One of them on a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary | 17 | |
| 5037794023 | Meter | A stress and unstressed syllabic pattern in a verse or the lines of a poem | 18 | |
| 5038076803 | Metonymy | A figure of speech I'm which something I'd called by a new name that is related in meaning to the original thing or concept. Ex: the pen is mightier than the sword | 19 | |
| 5038076804 | Persona | A character or figurative mask that an actor, writer, or senior takes on in order to perform. A voice or an assume the role of character that represents the thought of a writer or a specific person the writer wants to present at his mouthpiece | 20 | |
| 5038076805 | Prosody | A literary technique, prosody is the study of meter, intonation and rhythm of a poetic work. | 21 | |
| 5038076806 | Rhyme | Repetition of similar sounding words occurring at the end of lines in poems. | 22 |
