R&J Lit Terms Flashcard

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Comparison using 'like' or 'as'

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Simile

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Comparison of two unlike things

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Metaphor

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Giving human traits to non-human things

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Personification

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Clues suggesting future events

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Foreshadow

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Meter with 10 syllables

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Iambic pentameter

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Fourteen lines of iambic pentameter

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Sonnet

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Definition: A unit or group of lines in poetry separated by spaces

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Term: Stanza

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4 line stanza (rhymes)

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quatrain

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2 line stanza (rhymes)

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couplet

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Opening lines of a drama

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Prologue