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09/29/2014

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True rhyme
Definition
identical sound in two or more words of an accented vowel as well as of all the sounds following the vowel, while the consonantal sounds immediately preceding the vowel differ in each word
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End rhyme
Definition
rhymed line endings
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internal rhyme
Definition
end of line whymed with a word in the center of the same line usually with a syllable just prior to the caesura
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single rhyme
Definition
rhyme of one syllable
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double rhyme
Definition
rhymes with 2 syllables
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triple rhyme
Definition
rhymes of three sylabolles
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trite rhyme
Definition
rhyming of words that have been overused for rhymes
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omoioteleton
Definition
classical term which covers the various types of rhyme other than true rhyme
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consonance
Definition
like sounds: slant rhyme off rhyme near rhyme : substityues a similar sound for identical sound assumes that all cowel lsounds are interchangeable with one another as are certain realted consonant sounds
bridge/hedge/ gouge/ rage/ rouge
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wrenched rhyme:
Definition
the pun; words twisted to make rhyme
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sight rhyme
Definition
orthographic rhyming --words are spelled alike but they sound different

eight sleight

ties homilies
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Poetry 

 

Definition
poiesis, to do to make
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Inspiration
Definition
creation happens, intresting
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Rhapsode
Definition
one who stitchs songs together
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lyre
Definition

sting instrument, 3 strings 

 

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Lyric poetry
Definition
short poetry of personal experience
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Dramatic poetry
Definition
in acts of drama
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Epic
Definition
story  "extraordinary"
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Aeolian Harp 

 

Definition
placed in trees and let wind go through and makes harp sound
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Epistemic
Definition
thoery of knowledge or way of knowing
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Simile
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Comparison
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Metaphor
Definition

identity 

a = b 

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Anaolgy
Definition

resemblance; figurative reasoning  

situation a resembles b 

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synesthesia
Definition
  1. the production of a sense impression relating to one sense or part of the body by stimulation of another sense or part of the body.
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synecdoche
Definition

act of taking together; understanding one thing with another

a whole is represented by namin one of its parts (genus named for species), or vice versa (species named for genus) 

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Metonymy
Definition

change of name 

ex 

can i have a beer / ill have a glass

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Assonance
Definition

to answer with the same sound

bake/ lame 

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Alliteration
Definition

the repetition of the sound of an initaial consonant or consonant cluster in stressed syllables close enough to each other for the ear to be affected 

ex. pitch/ paint

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Sibilance 

Definition
repetition of "s" sound not "sh"
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Consonance
Definition

REortition of final consonants in stressed syllables that do not alliterate or rhyme 

ex. live/ move

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Allegory
Definition
to speak
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Metaphor
Definition
a condensed verbal relation in which an idea, image, or symbol may, by the presence of one or more other ideas images or symbols be enhanced in cicidness complexity or bredth of implication
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image
Definition
copy statue, picture, idea, appreance"
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Muse
Definition
memory or reminder
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oxymoron
Definition
condensed verbal paradox
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paradox
Definition

daring statement which unites contradictions 

- unexpected feeling or truth 

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Ars poetica
Definition
statement of poetic art or craft
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Hyperbole
Definition
form of exageration
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Litotes 
Definition

particular form understaement 

ex. its nothing serious i have a tiny brain tumor 

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Irony
Definition
unexpected, fadlistic reversal of meaning
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res
Definition
things
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verba
Definition
words
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Anti- poetry
Definition
is an art movement that attempts to break away from the normal conventions of traditional poetry
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Sematics
Definition
meaning (how words mean)
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Denotation
Definition
tends to nail down meaning, narrow down meanings
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Connotation
Definition
opening meaning up opening possibilites for meanings
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Onamatopoeia
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Name making
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Mimesis
Definition
copy, reproductive, reproductino
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ideogram
Definition
charavters written in chinese
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