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Week 13
Literary Terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Alliteration | the repetition of similar consonant sounds, usually close together in a group of words. Ex: See the swan swim. |
| Apostrophe | to address the dead or absent person as if he or she were present, or to address an inanimate object as if alive. Ex: "Oh wild! West Wind, thou breath of Autumn's being." |
| Approximate rhyme | perfect rhymes. Approximate rhymes ocs are perfect, and sometimes are used systematically in place of perfect rhyme. |
| Assonance | The repetition of vowel sounds in stressed syllables without the repetition of similar consonant sounds. Ex: Stony--Holy |
| Ballad | A short, musical, narrative poem. |
| Blank verse | Poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter. |
| Concrete Poetry | Poem in which the words of the poem are arranged in the shape of the subject. |
| Couplet | Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme. |
| Elegy | A solemn and formal lyric poem about death |