Vocab and Nearpod Flashcard

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Recurrence of similar sounds, especially consonants, in close proximity.

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Consonance

Front

In Frost's sonnet "Acquainted with the Night", the last six lines are called a:

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Sestet

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Examples include: "You can save money by spending it," "I know one thing; that I know nothing," and "I can resist anything but temptation."

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Paradox

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Pause in a line's middle:

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Caesura

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Example of: I'm alone, on my own, and that’s all I know. I’ll be strong, I’ll be wrong, but life goes on. I’m just a girl, trying to find a place in this world.

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Internal Rhyme

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A poetic device expressing linkage between senses:

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Synaesthesia

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A poem or stanza of 8 lines is called an:

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Octave

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Buzzing bee is an example of:

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Onomatopoeia

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"...while I nodded, nearly napping,
suddenly there came a tapping.."
from Poe's "The Raven" is an example of:

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Alliteration

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When are fallacies often committed?

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When young writers are unaware they are committing the fallacy and when politicians want to fool their audience.