Chap.11:Elements and Conventions of Poetry
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| End Rhyme | : A rhyme pattern of similar sounds at the end of each line.
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| Internal rhyme | : contain like-sounding sounds within a single line of a poem.
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| Slant Rhyme | : A type of rhyme that occurs when the final consonants sound the same, but the vowel sounds are different.
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| Exact rhyme | : A type of rhyme that occurs when the final vowel and consonant sound the same.
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| Eye rhyme | : A type of rhyme where the rhyming words share similarities in spelling but have slight differences in pronunciation, leaving the sounds close but not exact.
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| Monometer | : A line of verse consisting of ONE metric feet.
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| Dimeter | : A line of verse consisting of TWO metric feet
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| Trimester | : A line of verse consisting of THREE metric feet
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| Tetrameter | : A line of verse consisting of FOUR metric feet
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| Pentameter | : A line of verse consisting of FIVE metric feet
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| Hexameter | : A line of verse consisting of SIX metric feet
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| Heptameter | A line of verse consisting of SEVEN metric feet
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| Octameter | : A line of verse consisting of EIGHT metric feet
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| Nonameter | : A line of verse consisting of NINE metric feet
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| Decameter | : A line of verse consisting of TEN metric feet
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| Meter | : the number of feet in a line.
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| Foot | : One basic stitch in a verse.
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| Consonance | : The repetition of internal or ending consonant sounds to achieve a meaning or effect, as in "come home Miriam"
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| Apostrophe | : A figure of speech in which something or someone not present is directly addressed. E.g. "Oh Love, why have you caused me such pain!
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| Alliteration | : The repetition of initial consonant sounds to achieve a meaning or effect, as in "peter piper picked"
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| Assonance | : The repetition of vowel sounds to achieve a meaning or effect.
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| Theme | : The main idea of a literary work
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| Onomatopoeia | : Words containing sounds that evoke the meanings of the words, such as buzz and snap.
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| Personification | : A technique based on ascribing human qualities to non-human entities or objects.
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| Conceit | : A detailed elaborate and/or unexpected comparison, such as "our love is like the tide; it comes and goes, but exists eternally"
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| Diction | : The word choice and arrangement used by an author to convey accents, intonation, inflections, and other characteristics of speech.
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| Figurative language | : Use of language in non-standard or creative ways to describe or convey some idea or essence.
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| Symbol | : Use of an object or image to express a larger meaning
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| Hyperbole (overstatement) | : Use of exaggeration to achieve a heightened effect.
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| Understatement | : An ironic expression that reveals less than what is expected
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| Verse | : Each line in a poem
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| Stanza | : A grouping of lines. The main structural and organizational building block of a poem and can be equated to a stone in a mosaic, a patch in a quilt, or a paragraph in an essay.
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| Enjambment | : The poetic technique of placing a line break in the middle of a sentence, clause, or phrase.
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| Tercet | : A three-line stanza
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| Stress (stressed Syllable) | : Spoken louder or with more force.
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| Scansion | : the act of dividing a line of a poem into rhythmic units.
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| Rhythm | : the pattern of sounds in a poem. The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables.
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| Lamb (iambic) | unstressed + stressed u /
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| Trochee (trochaic) | stressed + unstressed / u
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| Anapest (anapestic) | unstressed + unstressed +stressed u u /
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| Dactyl (dactylic) | stressed + unstressed + unstressed / u u
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| Pyrrhic | unstressed + unstressed u u
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| Spondee (spondaic) | stressed + stressed / /
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