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6188365083alliterationthe repetition of initial consonant sounds Example"Silence surged softly..."0
6188365084assonancethe repetition of vowel sounds Examples: "purple curtain," "young love"1
6188365085cacophonyharsh, unpleasant combination of sounds, surges lash the sounding shore.2
6188365086consonancethe repetition of final consonants in stressed syllables Example: "east and west" " break look sink"3
6188365087euphonypleasing sounds smooth sounding combination of words. "season of mists mellow fruitfulness"4
6188365088metera generally regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in poetry5
6188365089footare the individual building blocks of meter. basic unit used in scansion or measurment6
6188365090Iambicduh-DUH, as in "above"7
6188365091Anapestduh-duh-DUH as in "but of course"8
6188365092DactylDUH-duh-duh, as in "honestly"9
6188365093TrocheeDUH-duh, as in "pizza"10
6188365095Iambic pentameterduh-DUH (five iambic feet in one line...Shakespearean sonnets)11
6188365097slant rhymetwo words are alike in some sounds, but do not rhyme exactly (Example: now and know)12
6188365098End rhymeoccurring at the ends of lines (the most common type of rhyme)13
6188365099Internal rhymerhyme occurring within a line14
6188365101rhythmthe arrangement of stressed and unstressed syllables into a pattern15
6188365108free verseunrhymed poetry not written in a regular rhythmical pattern or meter. It seeks to capture the rhythms of speech16
6188365115Shakespearean/English sonneta sonnet which consists of three quatrains and a couplet. The most common rhyme scheme is abab cdcd efef gg.17
6188365116Petrarchan/Italian sonneta sonnet which consists of an octave and a sestet with the rhyme scheme being abbaabba cdecde. There is usually a pronounced tonal shift between the octave and sestet as well.18
6188365119caesuraA pause or break in meter/ metrical pattern19
6188365122enjambmentthe continuation of a verse over a line break20
6188365125refraina word, phrase, line, or group of lines repeated regularly in a poem21
6188365128apostrophewhen an absent person, an abstract concept, or an important object is directly addressed.22
6188365130metaphorunexpected comparison between two unalike things; extended is metaphor23
6188365132personficationgiving human qualities to an inanimate object or force24
6188365136metonymythe use of something closely related instead of the actual thing Ex: "those guns will fire" the police are obvi firing the guns25
6188365137synechdocheusing a part for a whole Ex: get your butt over here26
6188365139olfactory imagerysmell descriptions27
6188365140figurative languagewriting or speech not meant to be interpreted literally28
6188571289gustatory imagerytaste descriptions29
6188573568tactile imagerytouch description/ how something feels30
6188577580Auditory imageryhearing decriptions31
6188581199visual imagerysight descriptions32
6188585168hyperboleoverstatement " I have 100000 degree fever"33
6188587653understatementopposite of hyperbole; The car couldn't even fit a mouse34
6188595596similecomparison between two things using like or as35
6188598515ironya situation involving some sense of incongruity or discrepancy (mainly situational)36
6188611406scansionthe process of measuring metrical verse37
6188616484anaphorarepetition of opening word of phrase38
6188619178oxymoroncombination of contradictory terms next to each other "the heavy feather"39
6188627828paradoxstatement or situation containing apparent contradictory/ incompatible " my life closed twice before its closed"40
6188638665antithesisjuxtaposition with balanced phrases "either to rend me or befriend me"41
6188644052juxtapositioncontrast/ opposite: tone, syntax, setting, symbolism42
6188652330puna joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word or the fact that there are words that sound alike but have different meanings. *picture of toucan* " Toucan play that game"43
6188673181tonean attitude of a writer toward a subject or an audience.44
6188674877syntaxdetermines how the chosen words are used to form a sentence " i'm going to the store v going to the store I am"45
6188688676onomatopiaword mimics sound "splatt"46

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