List #3 AP Lit
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 |