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AP English Lit
Poetry Types
27
English
12th Grade
10/05/2010
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a line
 Definition
1 line
Term
couplet
 Definition
2 lines
Term
tercet
 Definition
3 lines
Term
quatrain
 Definition
4 lines
Term
cinquain
 Definition
5 lines
Term
sestet
 Definition
6 lines
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septet
 Definition
7 lines
Term
octave
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8 lines
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iambic
 Definition
u/
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trochaic
 Definition
/u
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anapestic
 Definition
uu/
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dactylic
 Definition
/uu
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monometer
 Definition
1 foot
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dimeter
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2 feet
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trimeter
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3 feet
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tetrameter
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4 feet
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pentameter
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5 feet
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hexameter
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6 feet
Term
apostropohe
 Definition
adressing something that can't answer
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metonymy
 Definition
substitution of word that relates to person or object
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synecdoche
 Definition
part represents the whole
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synesthesia
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description of 1 kind of sensation in terms of another
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assonance
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repition of same vowel sound in nearby words
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euphony
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lines are pleasant
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cacophony
 Definition
discordant ot difficult to pronounce
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ambiguity
 Definition
2+ interpretations of a word in a row
no clear answer
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syntax
 Definition
ordering of words
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