12438551498 | Iamb (Iambic | (un-, accented) contain, prevent | 0 | |
12438551499 | Trochee (Trochaic) | (accented, un-) football, spider | 1 | |
12438551500 | Dactlyl (Dactyllic) | (accented, un-, un-) Dangerous, melody | 2 | |
12438551501 | Anapest (anapestic) | (Un-, un-, accented) comprehend, intervene | 3 | |
12438551502 | Spondee (spondaic) | (Accented, unaccented) Knick-knack, true-blue | 4 | |
12438551503 | Pyrrhic | (Un-, un-) of the | 5 | |
12438551504 | Rhythm | General beat of poem | 6 | |
12438551505 | Meter | Measurement of the rhythm and refers to he measurement of poetic feet | 7 | |
12438551506 | Poetic foot | Measure in music - it breaks a line into rhythmic units | 8 | |
12438551507 | One foot | Monometer | 9 | |
12438551508 | Two feet | Dimeter | 10 | |
12438551509 | Three feet | Trimeter | 11 | |
12438551510 | Four feet | Tetrameter | 12 | |
12438551511 | Five feet | Pentameter | 13 | |
12438551512 | Six feet | Hexameter | 14 | |
12438551513 | Sevens feet | Septameter | 15 | |
12438551514 | Assonance | Repeated vowel sounds in relatively close proximity | 16 | |
12438551515 | Consonance | Repeated constant sounds in relatively close proximity | 17 | |
12438551516 | Alliterarion | Repeated initial consonant sounds in relatively close proximity | 18 | |
12438551517 | Euphony | Smooth, soft, pleasant, and gentle sounding language | 19 | |
12438551518 | Cacophany | Harsh, rough, and sometimes unpleasant sounding language | 20 | |
12438551519 | Onomatopoeia | A word with imitates the natural sound of the thing it defines | 21 | |
12438551520 | Rhyme | The repetition of intentionally similar sounding words (containing both similar ending vowel and consonant sounds) | 22 | |
12438551521 | End rhyme | Rhyme that appears at the end of poetic lines | 23 | |
12438551522 | Slant rhyme | Rhyme that does it match exactly but instead hints at a similarity in the sound of words | 24 | |
12438551523 | Internal rhyme | Rhyme that appears within a single line of poetry | 25 | |
12438551524 | Scansion | Identification of the rhythm and meter | 26 | |
12438551525 | Synecdoche | Figure of speech where a little part represents a metaphorical whole | 27 | |
12438551526 | Syntax | How words are organized into sentences, clauses, and phrases | 28 | |
12438551527 | Inversion | A reversal of typical word order | 29 | |
12438551528 | Balanced | A sentence with two segments with equal grammatical construction and length | 30 | |
12438551529 | Cumulative | A sentence structure in which main ideas come first and supporting ideas come after | 31 | |
12438551530 | Periodic | A sentence structure in which the main ideas is saved until the end. | 32 | |
12438551531 | Parallel | A sentence type implementing grammatically similar structures | 33 | |
12438551532 | Antimetabole | An AB:BA pattern in which A and B are repeated words | 34 | |
12438551533 | Chiasmus | An AB:BA with grammatical pieces | 35 | |
12438551534 | Personification | Endowing inanimate objects with abstract concepts or animate characteristics | 36 | |
12438551535 | Metaphor | An implied, less restrictive comparative suggestion | 37 | |
12438551536 | Litote | Understatement | 38 | |
12438551537 | Metonomy | A comparison substituting an attribute of a thing for the thing itself | 39 | |
12438551538 | Simile | A direct comparison using an explicit verbal cue | 40 | |
12438551539 | Hyperbole | Over exaggeratoon | 41 | |
12438551540 | Figurative language | Non literal expression | 42 | |
12438551541 | Image | Concrete representation of a sense expression | 43 | |
12438551542 | Aural | Pertaining to hearing | 44 | |
12438551543 | Olfactory | Pertaining to smelling | 45 | |
12438551544 | Imagery | A sense represented through language | 46 | |
12438551545 | Tactile | Pertaining to touch | 47 | |
12438551546 | Gustatory | Pertaining to the sense of taste | 48 |
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