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Section 1

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free verse

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poetry that has no rhyme scheme, rhythm. or line length.

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onomatopoeia

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the use of words in which their pronunciations suggests their meaning ex: cracked, growled

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diction

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a writer's choice of words particularly for clarity, precision, and effectiveness

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meter

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the pattern created in a particular poem by the repetition of a basix grouping of accented syllables. each grouping is called a foot, there are four groupings in english metrical poetry: da dum, dum da, da da dum, dum da da. a line of metrical poetry can consist of any number of feet

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couplet

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two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme ex: 'tis education forms the common mind just as the twig is bent the tree's inclined

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pentameter

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a line or five feet

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metaphor

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a figure of speech that makes a comparison between two things that are basically dissimilar

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simile

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a figure of speech in which the comparison between two unlike things is expressed directly by means of like or as

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iambic pentameter

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a line which consists of five iambs

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rhyme scheme

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the pattern of rhyme in a poem. A rhyme scheme uses a different letter of the alphabet to stand for each rhyming sound

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assonance

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the repetition of vowel sounds followed by different consonant sounds. These sounds may appear in the same lines or in successive lines.

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allusion

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reference to a person or place or event with which the reader is presumed to be familiar

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narrative poem

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a poem that tells a story

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imagery

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the representation through language of sense experience

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connotation

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the implied or suggested meaning of a word or expression. For example, the word springtime literally means the time between the vernal equinox and the summer solstice, but the word usually makes most people think of youth, rebirth, and romance.

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enjabment

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the running over of a sentence or phrases from one poetic line to another without terminal punctuation.

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hyperbole

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a figure of speech employing obvious exaggeration or overstatement for special effect

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scansion

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the indication of foot divisions and accents in a metrical verse

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metonymy

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the substitution of a term naming an object closely associated with the word in mind for the word itself ex: the crown= the king

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symbol

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any object, person, place, or action that has a meaning in itself and that also stands for something larger than itself—such as a quality, attitude, belief, or value.

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Synecdoche

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a form of metaphor which in mentioning a part signifies the whole or the whole signifies the part ex: all hands on deck - all sailors counting heads- counting whole people

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repetition

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a literary technique in which words or phrases are repeated at regular intervals to secure emphasis

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verbal irony

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saying the opposite of what you mean

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Alliteration

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the repetition of sounds, usually consonant sounds but sometimes some successive vowel sounds, at the beginning of words in the same line or in successive lines

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lyric

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a poem, usually a short one, that expresses a speaker's personal thoughts or feelings

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consonance

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repetition of final consonant sounds in the stressed syllables of words thought the vowel sounds are different. ex: and all the air a solemn stillness holds (with the l's)

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internal rhyme

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the rhyming of the end word with a word in the middle of the line

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stanza

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a group of lines or verses treated as a unit and separated from other units by a space

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personification

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a figure of speech in which something nonhuman is given human quailities

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denotation

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the literal or dictionary meaning or meanings of a word ex: springtime, the season between the vernal equinox and the summer solstice

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rhyme

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repetition of the same or similar sounds at the end of words

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ballad

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a story told in the verse and usually meant to be sung

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refrain

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a group of words, a line, or a group of lines repeated throughout a poem, usually at he end of a stanza

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