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IB ENGLISH vocab.2
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English
12th Grade
04/28/2010

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omission
Definition
leave something out
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ellipsis
Definition
omission of 1 or more words that are understood but are required to make sentence dramatically correct.
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asyndeton
Definition
elimination of conjunctions, rhythm, pace
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addition/repetition
Definition
techniques that poets use to build significance
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appositive
Definition
a relationship between a word and a noun phrase that follows it (Snowman, a man made out of snow,..)
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polysyndenton
Definition
using several conjunctions where they could be omitted
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anaphora
Definition
repetition of the same words at the beginning of section or phrase (I have a dream...)
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anadiplosis
Definition
repetition of the final words or a sentence at the beginning of stanza
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meter
Definition
regular, natural rhythm of speech (all words have a beat)
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stressed syllable
Definition
one that receives the emphasis
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unstressed syllable
Definition
one that does not receive emphasis
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metrical feet
Definition
group of syllables falling into a pattern
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iambic
Definition
2 syllable (u /)
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trochaic
Definition
2 syllable foot being (/ U)
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anapestic
Definition
3 syllable foot being (UU/)
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dactylic
Definition
3 syllable foot being (/UU)
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caesura
Definition
any break or pause in a line of poetry
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enjambement
Definition
the continuation of a syntactic unit from one line of verse into the next line without a pause
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rhyme
Definition
repetition of similar sounds 
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eye rhyme
Definition
words look alike, may not sound exactly alike (above, grove)
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end rhyme
Definition
rhyme at the end of a line
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internal rhyme
Definition
rhyme occuring within a line 
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slant rhyme
Definition
rhyme occurring in the final consonant sounds but vowels are different
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tone 
Definition
overall effect created by writers 
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mood
Definition
feeling a piece of literature aroused in a reader
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