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Poerty Terms
vocabulary that we will cover in preparation for poetry exam (ENL003)
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04/19/2013
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POEM

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Term

 

CONNOTATION




 

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Term

DENOTATION

 




 

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Term

ANAPHORA

 




 

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VOLTA




 

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SONNET (SHAKESPERIAN V SPENSERIAN V PETRARCHAN)

 




 

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COUPLET

 




 

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TERCET

 

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QUATRAIN

 

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RHYME SCHEME



 

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STRESS/UNSTRESSED SYLLABLE

 




 

 

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ELLIPSIS

 

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SLANT RHYME

 

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END RHYME

 

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ALLITERATION

 

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ASSONANCE


 


 

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CONSONANCE

 

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ALLUSION

 

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PERSONIFICATION

 

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POETIC SCANSION

 

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METRICAL FEET

 

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METER




 

 

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IAMB

 

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TROCHEE

 

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SPONDEE

 

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METAPHOR

 

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TETRAMETER

 

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PENTAMETER

 

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HEXAMETER

 

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SIMILE

 


 

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IMAGERY

 

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RHYTHM

 

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SYNTAX

 

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DICTION

 

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ENJAMBMENT

 

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END-STOP

 

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SONNET

 

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BLANK VERSE

 

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FREE VERSE

 

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Term

 

LINE BREAK

 

 

 

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CAESURA


 

 

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TENOR (PART OF METAPHOR)



 

 

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VEHICLE (OTHER PART OF METAPHOR)

 




 

 

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VERNACULAR

 


 

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ONOMATOPOEIA

 




 

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HOMOPHONE



 

 

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IMAGISM




 

 

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ROMANTICISM




 

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MODERNISM




 

 

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