ENG. 12- MP 7 LIT. TERMS

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What is a sonnet?

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A lyric poem of 14-lines

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What is the rhyme scheme of a Petrarchan sonnet's octave?

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abbaabba

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Which sonnet consists of three quatrains and a final couplet?

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Shakespearean Sonnet

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What is alliteration?

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Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words

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What is an allusion?

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An indirect reference to a person, place, or event

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What is blank verse?

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Unrhymed poetry in iambic pentameter

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What is a couplet?

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A rhymed pair of lines

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What does figurative language do?

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Communicates ideas beyond literal meanings

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What is free verse?

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Poetry without regular patterns of rhyme or meter

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Hyperbole

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Exaggeration for emphasis or effect