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English IV H/AP

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(n.) a pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of verse
(n.) a figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion, make a point, or evoke humor
(n.) describing one kind of sensation in terms of another ("a loud color", "a sweet sound")
(n.) an expression in which two words that contradict each other are joined (ex: 'deafening silence,' or 'jumbo shrimp')
(n.) rhyme in which the vowel sounds are nearly, but not exactly the same (i.e. the words "stress" and "kiss"); sometimes called half-rhyme, near rhyme, or partial rhyme
(n.) a poetic meter that is made up of 5 stressed syllables each preceded by an unstressed syllable
(n.) a poetic meter that is made up of 4 stressed syllables each preceded by an unstressed syllable
(n.) formal or elaborate praise; a tribute
(n.) a kind of humorous verse of five lines, in which the first, second, and fifth lines rhyme with each other, and the third and fourth lines, which are shorter, form a rhymed couplet
(n.) a pair of rhyming lines
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