5127372332 | Alliteration | The repetition of one or more initial consonants in a group of words. | 0 | |
5127377694 | Allusion | A reference to a person, place, or event meant to create an effect or enhance the meaning of an idea | 1 | |
5127382739 | Assonance | The repetition of two or more vowel sounds in a group of words or lines in poetry and prouse | 2 | |
5127392106 | Blank Verse | Iambic pentameter, do not rhyme. ex Shakespeare | 3 | |
5127400086 | Caesura | A pause somewhere in the MIDDLE of a verse, often but not always with a punct | 4 | |
5127403802 | Classical | From ancient Greek and Roman culture, formality, objectivity, simplicity, and restraint | 5 | |
5127409155 | Conceit | Witty or ingenious thought a diverting or highly fanciful idea, fig lang | 6 | |
5127413708 | Connotation | Implied meaning of a word or phrase. | 7 | |
5127416444 | Consonance | Repetition of 2 or more consonant sounds in a groups of words or a line of poetry | 8 | |
5127419073 | Denotation | Dictionary definition of a word | 9 | |
5127420922 | Elegy | Laments or meditates on the passing of death or something or someone of value | 10 | |
5127424309 | End-stopped | Describes a line of poetry that ends with a natural pause often indicated by a mark of punctuation | 11 | |
5127428582 | Enjambment | Use of the successive lines with no punctuation or pause between them | 12 | |
5127436205 | Figure of speech | Ex. Metaphors, similes, and personification | 13 | |
5127438561 | Hyperbole | Overstatement, exaggeration | 14 | |
5127441014 | Free Verse | No rhymed lines, rhythm, or fixed metrical feet | 15 | |
5127446916 | Lyric Poetry | Personal, reflective poetry that reveals the speaker's thoughts and feelings | 16 | |
5127449504 | Middle English | Language spoken in England between 1150 and 1500 A.D | 17 | |
5127452552 | Mood | Emotional tone in a work of literature | 18 | |
5127453843 | Old English | Anglo-Saxon language spoken in England from 450 to 1150 A.D. | 19 | |
5127459672 | Oxymoron | Terms consisting contradictory elements juxtaposed to create affect | 20 | |
5127465300 | Paradox | Statement that seems self-contradictory but is nevertheless true | 21 | |
5127468931 | Pentameter | A verse with 5 poetic feet per line, 10 syllbols | 22 | |
5127474027 | Quatrain | A four-line poem or a four-line unit of a longer poem | 23 | |
5127476937 | Rhyme | Repetition of similar sounds at regular intervals | 24 | |
5127479229 | Stanza | A group of two or more lines in poetry combined according to subject matter, rhyme, or some other plan | 25 | |
5127485503 | Volta | Turn | 26 | |
5127487117 | Malapropism | Mistaken use of a word in place of a similar sounding one, often with amusing effect | 27 | |
5127490017 | Non-sequiter | Does not follow | 28 |
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