AMERICAN LITERATURE - CHAPTER 7
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11 Terms
What is a verse?
A line in a poem.
What is a stanza?
A group of verses, many times with some sort of meter and order.
What is a slant rhyme?
When only the stressed syllables of the consonants match.
What is the closest form to imitating conversation?
Free verse
What is the Petrarchan sonnet made up of?
Two major sections, a major group of 8 lines (the octave) and a minor group of six lines (the sestet).
What is a metaphor?
A figure of speech that refers to one thing by mentioning another.
What is a conceit?
An extended metaphor that compares two things that are not alike.
What is a simile?
A comparison using “like” or “as.”
What is personification?
Giving human characteristics to a thing or an abstraction.
What is an apostrophe in literature?
When a writer detaches her/himself from reality and talks to an imaginary character.
What is synechdoche?
When the part is taken for the whole, or vice versa.