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Spanish Literary Terms
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Language - Spanish
11th Grade
05/26/2009

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El verso llano
Definition
ends in s,n, or vowel; # poetic syllables=#gramatic syllables
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El verso esdrújulo
Definition
accent is on third to last syllable; gramatic syllables-1=poetic
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llano
Definition
ends in s,n, or vowel; # poetic syllables=#gramatic syllables
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La sinéresis
Definition
se forman diptongo, yes dipthong
ex: poeta lealtad
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El verso agudo
Definition
ends in consonant: # poetic syllables + 1= # poetic syllables; accent falls on last syllable
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La diéresis
Definition
no se forman diptongo, no dipthong
ex: su-a-ve, ru-i-do
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La sinalefa
Definition
blend sounds; when one word ends in vowel and next starts in vowel; combine into 1 syllable
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el hiato
Definition
no se usa sinalefo
mu-si-ca de- a- las
dont combine things poeticaly
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El acento estrófico
Definition
most important accent is on second to last syllable of a line
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los acentos rítmicos
Definition
el acentro dentro del verso; if estrophic accent is on an even syllable, rythmic accents are on the other even syllables; extrarhythmic accents would fall on the odd syllables
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verso heptasílabo
Definition
7 syllables
lira
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octosílabo
Definition
8 syllables
romances
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verso endecasílabo
Definition
11 syllables
rico, armonioso
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verso alejandrino
Definition
14 sílabas; canciones
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Los acentos extrarrítmicos
Definition
do not agree with the acento estrofico, in the even or uneven syllables
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La rima asonante
Definition
rhyme is of vowels, even if consonants don't match

en pares
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rima consonante
Definition
rima fonética
ida, ella, amo, ida, ella, amo
ABCABC

en pares
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rima abrazada
Definition
abrazar- hugs
abba
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La rima encadenada o cruzada
Definition
ABAB o abab
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la rima gemela
Definition
twins
aabbcc
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estrofa
Definition
paragraph
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suelto
Definition
sign for no rima
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La rima continua
Definition
AAAA
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terceto
Definition
3lines
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pareado
Definition
dos versos
2 lines
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El Encabalgamiento
Definition
how the poet splits up a sentence into more than one line; continues onto next line
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El verso esdrújulo
Definition
accent is on third to last syllable--subtract 1 from gramatic syllables to get poetic syllables
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cuarteto
Definition
4 versos
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El terceto encandenado
Definition
ABA BCB CDC
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la lira
Definition
aBabB
5 versos
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El serventesio
Definition
ABAB
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la octava real
Definition
ABABABCC
8 versos
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La redondilla o copla de arte menor
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abba
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la cuarteta
Definition
abab
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la letrilla
Definition
versos cortos- short verses
repeated lines- estribillo
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El Soneto
Definition
11 syllables; 14 lines; ABBA ABBA CDC DCD
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El romance
Definition
indetermined # of lines of 8 syllables; rima asonante
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la silva
Definition
11 sill
and 7 sill
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versos libres
Definition
open verse, no set rima, no set estrofas
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hipérbole
Definition
exaggeraccion, aumetndo o disminuyendo a la verdad
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prosopeya
Definition
personificacion
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apóstrafe
Definition
speaking directly to sumone or sumthing
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comparacion
Definition
símil
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antítesis
Definition
contraste
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paradoja
Definition
paradox
jumboshrimp
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sinestesia
Definition
descripcion de una experiencia sens0rial
somthign has senses that wldnt normally have them
the yellow smell of cloroform
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clímax/ gradácion
Definition
en tierra, en huma, en polvo, ..., en nada
progression de ideas or pensamientos
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perífrasis o circunlocion
Definition
dont direcltys ay the name btu descirbe it

screams, running -->fear
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epíteto
Definition
adding emphasis by puttting adjective in fornt of wat its modifying
el terrible cain
le blanca nieve
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asíndeton
Definition
omitir las conjuncione
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anáfora
Definition
repeticion of palabras at the beigign of a line or similar pfrase

aqui...
aqui...
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polisíndeton
Definition
usar mass conjunciones; opposite of asíndeton
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aliteración
Definition
molly made maddd money
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onomatopeya
Definition
imitar sonidos reales
wat it soudns like
zumbaba
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hipérbaton
Definition
inertir el orden acustumbrado de las palabras en un linea; disruption or inversion of customary word order
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tropos
Definition
figures of speech
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metonimia
Definition
dar un nombre por una relacion a su origen; object represents a concept
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sinécdoque
Definition
a part represents the whole represents the whole

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metáfora
Definition
metaphor
simbolic representation of sumthing
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alegoría
Definition
metaphor continued to the entire obra, por la obra; has meaning outside the text
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parábola
Definition
nattartive that is meatn to teach didactica
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símbolo
Definition
rosa=amor
abract ideas to represent sumthign concrete
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narrativa
Definition
narrative
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narrador
Definition
narrator
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narratorio
Definition
el receptor del mensaje dentro de una obra narrativa
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el tema
Definition
the message or central idea of the text; the meaning of what happens
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explícito
Definition
expressed in a direct way
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implícito
Definition
expressed in an indirect or subtle way
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la ironía dramática
Definition
dramatic irony
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la ironía circunstancial
Definition
opposite of dramatic irony; reader only knows of the irony when the situation arises; like the characters
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leitmotivo
Definition
a dominant recurring word, phrase or idea in a work
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la cosmovisión
Definition
attitude of the author; his world view; repeated throughout an author's works
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la historia
Definition
la exposición, el desarollo, el suspenso, el punto decisivo, el clímax, el desenlace
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