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| The study of the principle of verse structure |
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| pattern of stressed and unstressed sounds |
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| Stresses at regular intervals |
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| basic unit of measurement |
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Iamb
Trochee
Anapest
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| Number of poetic feet in a line |
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| The line ends on a stressed syllable |
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| The line ends on an extra unstressed syllable |
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| A physical break in a line creating two half lines |
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| Stopped line with a distinct syntactical pause |
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| Carries into the next line before ending |
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| 2 lines of rhyming iambic pentameter |
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| No set patterns of rhyme, rhythm, or division |
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| Unrhymed iambic pentameter |
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| differing consonants followed by identical stressed vowels |
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| Only the final consonant sounds rhyme |
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| The words look as if they should rhyme but they don't |
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| occurs at the end of the lines |
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| Repetition of beginning sounds of words |
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| Repetition of vowel sounds |
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| repetition of consonant sounds |
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| Words that imitate sounds |
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| Addressing something not literally listening to the speaker |
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| A part replaces the whole |
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| Something is named that replaces something closely related to it |
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| Dictionary definition of a word |
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| Social definition of a word |
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| Creation of a picture through description |
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| an item stands in for an idea, emotion, thought, etc. |
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| means the opposite of what the words actually say |
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| exaggerates ideas/words to create emphasis |
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| Creates less strength in the idea than the actual words/events convey |
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