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| 9770024758 | iamb | two-syllable foot with the stress on the second syllable; most common foot in English | 0 | |
| 9770045111 | trochee | consists of a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable | 1 | |
| 9770115147 | anapest | three syllables with the stress on the last syllable | 2 | |
| 9770344801 | dactyl | three syllables with the stress on the first syllable | 3 | |
| 9770363282 | spondee | 2 stressed syllables (ex- compound words); used for variation | 4 | |
| 9770373085 | pyrrhic | 2 unstressed syllables; rare and is found interspersed with other feet | 5 | |
| 9770410346 | hexameter | a line of 6 iambic feet is sometimes called an alexandrine; the ninth line of a Spenserian stanza is referred to as an alexandrine | 6 | |
| 9770556562 | heptameter | 7 iambic feet | 7 | |
| 9770575453 | octameter | 8 iambic feet | 8 | |
| 9770589605 | internal rhyme | consists of the similarity occurring between two or more words in the same line of verse | 9 | |
| 9770608754 | a. masculine rhyme b. feminine or double rhyme c. triple rhyme | The kinds of rhyme based on the number of syllables presenting a similarity of sound are: | 10 | |
| 9770617337 | masculine rhyme | when one syllable of a word rhymes with another word (blend and send, bright and light) | 11 | |
| 9770660780 | feminine/double rhyme | when the last 2 syllables of a word rhyme with another word | 12 | |
| 9770679989 | triple rhyme | when the last 3 syllables of a word or line rhyme | 13 | |
| 9770695946 | consonance | the repetition of consonant sounds within a line of verse; similar to alliteration except it doesn't limit the repeated sound of the initial letter of a word | 14 | |
| 9770724994 | refrain | the repetition of one or more phrases or lines at intervals in a poem, usually at the end of a stanza; often takes the form of a chorus | 15 | |
| 9770807817 | a. couplet b. triplet c. quatrain d. quintet e. sestet f. septet g. octave h. others are identified as nine, ten, or eleven-line stanzas | Basic stanza forms: | 16 | |
| 9770811346 | couplet | 2 line stanza that rhymes A-A | 17 | |
| 9770811347 | triplet | 3 line stanza | 18 | |
| 9770814666 | quatrain | 4 line stanza; various rhyme forms (A-A-A-A, A-B-A-B, A-B-B-A, A-B-A-C) | 19 | |
| 9770817774 | quintet | 5 line stanza that can have one of many rhyme schemes | 20 | |
| 9770822306 | sestet | 6 line stanza | 21 | |
| 9770824490 | septet | 7 line stanza | 22 | |
| 9770827694 | octave | 8 line stanza that can have numerous possibilities for rhyme scheme | 23 | |
| 9770888642 | a. heroic couplet b. ballad stanza c. rime royal d. ottava rima e. spenserian stanza | Special stanza forms: | 24 | |
| 9770973446 | heroic couplet (close couplet) | consists of 2 successive rhyming verses that contain a complete thought within the 2 lines that usually consists of iambic pentameter lines | 25 | |
| 9770989233 | ballad stanza | 4 lines with a rhyme scheme of A-B-C-B; first and third lines are tetrameter and the second and fourth lines are trimeter | 26 | |
| 9771036596 | rime royal | stanza consisting of 7 lines in iambic pentameter rhyming A-B-A-B-B-C-C | 27 | |
| 9771051164 | Ottava Rima | consists of 8 iambic pentameter lines with a rhyme scheme of A-B-A-B-A-B-C-C | 28 | |
| 9771070431 | spenserian stanza | 9-line stanza consisting of 8 iambic pentameter lines followed by an alexandrine, a line of iambic hexameter; rhyme scheme A-B-A-B-B-C-B-C-C | 29 | |
| 9771102317 | run-on line | the continuation of an uncompleted phrase or sentence from one line to the next without punctuation; help create the form of the poem and allow the poet greater freedom in developing his rhyme scheme without adding unnecessary words | 30 | |
| 9771161104 | ellipsis | the omission of a word or words | 31 | |
| 9771178857 | figures of speech | enrich the meaning of an idea or experience or to intensify an emotion | 32 | |
| 9771211647 | imagery | when the poet creates pictures in the mind through the use of language; appeal to one of the five senses | 33 | |
| 9771233328 | narrative, lyric, or didactic | Kinds of poetry: | 34 | |
| 9771247419 | narrative | has story quality (3 elements-setting, character, plot) | 35 | |
| 9771284547 | 1. an especially long narrative poem with a heroic swee is an epic 2. ballad | Types of narrative poems: | 36 | |
| 9771287629 | ballad | tell a story that centers on one dramatic event whose theme may be tragic, or heroic | 37 | |
| 9771302214 | folk and literary | Kinds of ballads: | 38 | |
| 9771326524 | folk ballad | written in simple language and form; their characteristics are the use of dialogue and the repetition of certain lines as a refrain | 39 | |
| 9771368699 | on the story itself, not how the teller feels about the characters or what happened to them; to tell a moving story about people and events that everyone can enjoy | What is the focus of attention and prime purpose of folk ballads? | 40 | |
| 9771375536 | literary ballad | based on old legends; bring out truth or teach a lesson; has all elements of poetry | 41 |
