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quater 3-4 lit terms
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Literature
9th Grade
06/12/2012

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alliteration
Definition
the repetition of consonant beginning sounds
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allusion
Definition
a indirect reference to a well-know character, place. or situation form history, music, art, or another work of literature
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apostrophe
Definition
a speaker addresses an inanimate object, an idea, or absent person
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assonance
Definition
the repetition of same or similar vowel sounds
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blank verse
Definition
has rhythm or meter
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connotation
Definition
the suggested or implied meanings associated with a word beyond its dictionary definition, or denotation
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consonance
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the repetition of consonant sounds typically within or at the end or words that do not rhyme and preceded by different vowel sounds
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couplet
Definition
two consecutive paired lines of poetry usually rhyming and often forming a stanza
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denotation
Definition
the literal. or dictionary, meaning of a word
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diction
Definition
a writer's choice of words, an important element in the writer's voice or style
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end rhyme
Definition
the rhyming of words at the ends of lines
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allegory
Definition
a literary work in which all or mist of the characters, settings and events stand for ideas, qualities or figures beyond themselves
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enjambment
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the continuation of a sentence or phrase from one line of a poem to the next without a pause between the lines
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fable
Definition
a short usually simple tale that teaches a moral and somethings uses animal characters
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figure of speech
Definition
a specific device or kind of figurative language that are not literally true but express some truth beyond the literal level
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free verse
Definition
poetry that has no fixed pattern of meter rhyme line length or stanza arrangement
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form
Definition
a poem that has a prescribed pattern usually involving meter, rhyme, rhyme scheme and structure
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hyperbole
Definition
a figure of speech that uses exaggeration
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internal rhyme
Definition
a rhyme that occurs within a line of poetry
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meter
Definition
a regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables that gives a line of poetry a predictable rhythm
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metonymy
Definition
a figure of speech that consists of the use of the name of one object or concept for that of another to which it is related, or of which it is a part
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oxymoron
Definition
a figure of speech in which opposite ideas are combined
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parallelism
Definition
the use of a series of words, phrases, or sentences that have similar grammatical form
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paradox
Definition
a situation or statement that appears to be contradictory but is actually true either in fact or in a figurative sense
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pun
Definition
a humorous play on words. they usually involve words that are similar in sound or a word that has several meanings
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rhyme
Definition
the repetition of the same stressed vowel sounds and any succeeding sounds in two or more words
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rhyme scheme
Definition
the pattern that end rhymes form in a stanza or poem
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satire
Definition
writing that uses humor or wit to ridicule the vices or follies of people or societies often to bring about change or improvement
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scansion
Definition
the analysis of the meter of a line of verse
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slant rhyme
Definition
it occurs when the sounds of words are similar but not identical
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sonnet(Shakespearean)
Definition
rhyme scheme-ababcdcdefefgg. consists of three quatrains, or four teen line stanzas followed by a couplet
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sonnet(Petrarchan)
Definition
14 lines divided into two stanzas, the eight-line octave and the six-line sestet. Responds to a question or situation posed by the octave. rhyme scheme: abbaabba-cde
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stanza
Definition
paragraph in poetry
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structure
Definition
the particular order or pattern a writer uses to present ideas
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synecdoche
Definition
a figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole or the whole for part
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syntax
Definition
the study of the rule for the formation of grammatical sentences in a language
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understatement
Definition
language that makes something seen less important that it really is
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rhythm
Definition
the pattern of beats created by the arrangement of stressed and unstressed syllables.
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