9326418240 | alliteration (n) | repetition of the same letter or consonant at the beginning of neighboring words | 0 | |
9326418241 | assonance (n) | the repetition of similar vowel sounds in the stressed syllables of successive words | 1 | |
9326418242 | Consonance (n) | Repetition of consonant sounds within and at the end of words. | 2 | |
9326418243 | euphony (n) | pleasing or sweet sound | 3 | |
9326418244 | cacophony (n) | displeasing, harsh sound | 4 | |
9326418245 | concrete words | words that refer to tangible objects | 5 | |
9326418246 | abstract words | words that refer to ideas or concepts | 6 | |
9326418247 | Denotation (n) | The dictionary definition of a word | 7 | |
9326418248 | connotation (n) | suggested or implied meaning of an expression | 8 | |
9326418249 | end-stopped line | A line that ends with a natural speech pause, usually marked by punctuation | 9 | |
9326418250 | Enjambment | the continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line, couplet, or stanza. | 10 | |
9326418252 | caesura (n) | a pause in a line of poetry that is formed by the rhythms of natural speech | 11 | |
9326418253 | Stanzas | A group of lines in a poem set off by blank lines. | 12 | |
9326418254 | end rhyme | Rhyme that occurs at the end of two or more lines of poetry | 13 | |
9326418255 | Slant rhyme | Words that end in similar but not exact sounds | 14 | |
9326418256 | eye rhymes | words that when written appear to rhyme, but when spoken do not | 15 | |
9326418257 | internal rhyme | A word inside a line rhymes with another word on the same line | 16 | |
9326418258 | rhythm | A regularly recurring sequence of events or actions. | 17 | |
9326418259 | meter | A regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry | 18 | |
9326418260 | foot (poetry term) | consists of one stressed syllable and one or more unstressed syllables | 19 | |
9326418261 | iamb | a unit in poetry consisting of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable | 20 | |
9326418262 | Trochees | a foot consisting of one long or stressed syllable followed by one short or unstressed syllable | 21 | |
9326418263 | anapest | a metrical unit with unstressed-unstressed-stressed syllables | 22 | |
9326418264 | dactylic | stressed, unstressed, unstressed | 23 | |
9326418265 | Spondees | A word with 2 syllables, both pronounced with equal stress & effort | 24 | |
9326418266 | iambic pentameter | a poetic meter that is made up of 5 stressed syllables each followed by an unstressed syllable | 25 | |
9326418267 | blank verse | Poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter | 26 | |
9326418268 | sonnet | a verse form consisting of 14 lines with a fixed rhyme scheme | 27 | |
9326418269 | ode | A lyric poem usually marked by serious, respectful, and exalted feelings toward the subject. | 28 | |
9326418270 | villanelle | A 19 line form using only two rhymes and repeating two of the lines according to a set pattern | 29 | |
9326418271 | Ballad | A poem or song narrating a story in short stanzas | 30 | |
9346979454 | metaphysical poetry | exploration of complex ideas through extended metaphors and paradox (John Donne) | 31 | |
9346979455 | lyric poetry | A short poem in which a single speaker expresses personal thoughts and feelings | 32 | |
9346979456 | free verse | poetry that does not rhyme or have a regular meter | 33 | |
9346979457 | refrain | a regularly repeated line or group of lines in a poem or song | 34 | |
9371168921 | Metaphor | A comparison without using like or as | 35 | |
9371168922 | conceit (extended metaphor) | a metaphor introduced and then further developed throughout all or part of a literary work | 36 | |
9371168923 | Simile | A comparison using "like" or "as" | 37 | |
9371168924 | apostrophe | address to an absent or imaginary person | 38 | |
9371168925 | paradox | an apparently contradictory statement that actually contains some truth | 39 | |
9371168926 | euphemism | An indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant | 40 | |
9371168927 | irony | the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning | 41 | |
9371168928 | imagery | Description that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste) | 42 | |
9371168929 | metonymy | substituting the name of one object for another object closely associated with it | 43 | |
9371168930 | Synechdoche | Uses a part to explain a whole or a whole to explain a part. ex. Lend me an ear. | 44 | |
9371168931 | juxtaposition | Placement of two things closely together to emphasize comparisons or contrasts | 45 | |
9371168932 | Antithesis (noun) | An exact opposite; an opposite extreme | 46 | |
9371168933 | oxymoron | A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase. | 47 | |
9371168934 | Parallelism | similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses | 48 | |
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