Set: poetry vocab
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All 17 Terms
| | Term | Definition |
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allegory | narrative having a second meaning |
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alliteration | repitition of consonant sounds |
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allusion | a referance to previous literature or history |
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anapest | two unaccented syllables followed by one accented syllable |
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anapestic meter | meter in which a majority of feet are anapests |
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apostrophe | something nonhuman is addressed as if it could reply |
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approximate rhyme | some sound correspondence but not perfect rhymes |
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assonance | repitition of vowel sounds |
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ballad | short poem written in song-like form |
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blank verse | unrhymed iambic pentameter |
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cacophony | harsh, unpleasant arrangement of sounds |
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caesura | grammatical pause |
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connotation | what a word suggests beyond its basic definition |
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continuous form | lines follow without formal grouping |
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couplet | two lines linked by rhyme |
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dactyl | one accented syllable followed by two unaccented syllables |
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dactylic meter | meter in which a majority of feet are dactyls |
Set Information
| Terms | 17 |
| Creator | gymblondie138 |
| Created | April 4, 2008 |
| Groups | None |
| Tags | None |
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- allusion → a referance to previous literature or history - 1 miss
- approximate rhyme → some sound correspondence but not perfect rhymes - 1 miss
- caesura → grammatical pause - 1 miss