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AP English SLOHS Metrical Vocab
Meter and Scansion
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English
12th Grade
09/01/2010
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Term
-'
 Definition
iamb
Term
'-
 Definition
trochee
Term
--'
 Definition
anapest
Term
'--
 Definition
dactyl
Term
''
 Definition
spondee
Term
--
 Definition
pyrrhus
Term
enjambment
 Definition
a line, which
continues without a pause
Term
strophic integrity
 Definition
no enjambment - lines end with a pause
Term
english sonnet
 Definition
3 quatrains, turn, couplet
abab, cdcd, efef, gg
Term
italian sonnet
 Definition
2 quatrains, turn, sestet
abba, abba, cdcdcd (or others)
Term
syncope
 Definition
omit a consonant (o'erthrow)
Term
caesura
 Definition
pause
Term
alliteration
 Definition
Similar Sounds in conSonantS
Term
assonance
 Definition
similar sOunds in vOwels
Term
synaeresis
 Definition
omit a vowel ('Tis)
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