English 10 May 20

Front

The chunk or group of lines in a verse, essentially a section of all the lines.

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stanza

Front

Vivid word pictures, i.e. "lonely sea" or "blowing spray"

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Imagery

Front

Uses "like" or "as" to compare two things.

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Simile

Front

The movie may be in black and white, but it is not a silent picture show.

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Music

Front

The rhythm (or pattern of beats) in a line of poetry

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Meter

Front

The rhyme

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Rhyme Scheme

Front

A combination of stressed and unstressed syllables that repeats within a line of verse.

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Foot

Front

One unaccented syllable followed by one accented syllable.

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Iamb

Front

One accented syllable followed by one unaccented syllable.

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trochee

Front

Two unaccented syllables followed by one accented syllable.

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Anapest