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Shakespearean sonnet a sonnet
________ consisting three quatrains and a concluding couplet in iambic pentameter with the rhyme pattern abab cdcd efef gg.
blank verse
unrhymed iambic pentameter
couplet
Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme
free verse
Poetry that does not have a regular meter or rhyme scheme
ejambment
A line of poetry that continues its sentence into the next line without a break.
foot
A metrical unit composed of stressed and unstressed syllables.
quatrain
A four line stanza
stanza
A group of lines in a poem
end stopped
a line with a pause at the end
iambic pentameter
a poetic meter that is made up of 5 stressed syllables each followed by an unstressed syllable
meter
A regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry
repitition
Repeating a word, phrase, or idea for emphasis or rhythmic effect
assonance
Repetition of vowel sounds
consonance
Repetition of consonant sounds
alliteration
the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
denotation
the literal meaning of a word
connotation
an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning.
sonnet
a verse form consisting of 14 lines with a fixed rhyme scheme
diction
word choice
syntax
Sentence structure
tone
Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character
Shakespearean sonnet
a sonnet consisting three quatrains and a concluding couplet in iambic pentameter with the rhyme pattern abab cdcd efef gg
apostrophe
address to an absent or imaginary person
personification
A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes
admonition
gentle warning; friendly reproof
omniscience
all-knowing
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