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8813178358Literaturethe communication of an idea according to the established standards of a given medium0
8813179917Poetrya literary form employing figurative devices, meter, and rhyme to communicate an idea1
8813182359Versewritten or spoken material employing rhyme and/or meter2
8813184104Lyricintrospective verse (analyzing one's own metal or emotional process)3
8813190706Narrative/balladstory in verse (Ballad are short narratives)4
8813193151Sonnet14 line verse5
8813194519Odeelaborate, dignified verse (formal)6
8813245819Blank verserhymed lines in iambic pentameter7
8813251141Free Verseirregular rhyme and meter (Walt Whitman)8
8813388128Dramatic MonologueVerse monologue where in speaker unwilling unmasks his true self9
8813392602ElesyMeditative verse lamenting death10
8813394814Idylllyric idealizing Shepard/country life11
8813396350Villanelle19 line French Verse form strictly calculated to appear spontaneous12
8813400088Conceitextended metaphor of unlike objects for strong effect13
8813403854metonymmetaphorical intro of person or object14
8813402497Apostropheaddresses of personification15
8813406862metonymymetaphorical intro of person or object16
8813411892synecdochemetaphorical devices employing partial manifestation of whole17
8813414253hyperboleexaggeration18
8813417310litotesunderstatement attained by negativing an antonym (ex: you're not bad)19
8813418829symbolismtangible manifestation of an idea20
8813419447imagerysensory descriptive language21
8813420165paradoxapparent contradiction22
8813420718oxymoronemployment of contradictory language23
8813422793Meterpoem's rhythm as established by stressed/unstressed syllables24
8813424547Foota metric unit according to stressed and unstressed syllables25
8813425780Scansionanalysis of metric feet to determine meters26
8813428877Number of metric feet (1-8)monometer: one foot dimeter: two feet trimeter: three feet tetrameter: four feet pentameter: five feet Hexometer: six feet heptmeter: seven feet octometer: eight feet27
8813432706Iamb (i AMB)U / unstressed stressed (balloon, saloon, exist, predict)28
8813437769trouchee/ U stressed unstressed (soda, token, native, render)29
8813441182spondee/ / stressed stressed (manmade, football)30
8813443986anapestU U / unstressed unstressed stressed (contradict )31
8813446116dactylic/ U U stressed unstressed unstressed (maniac, evidence)32
8813452660rhymerepetition of like sounds of regular intervals33
8813453870end rhymerhyme at the end of the line34
8813454720internal rhymerhyme with in a line35
8813455612masculine rhymerhyme of only last accented syllable36
8813458182feminine rhymerhyme of two syllables the 1st accented37
8813459023assonancerepetition of vowels38
8813459781consonancerepetition of constant sounds39
8813461292alliterationrepetition of initial sounds40
8813463154onomatopoeiasounds echo sense41
8813465184euphonycompatible, harmonious sounds42
8813465575cacophonyharsh, grating sounds43

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