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An inversion in the typical sentence order.

What is anastrophe

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This poem consists of 14 lines, iambic pentameter and a fixed rhyme scheme

What is sonnet

1,3

Language that appeals to the senses

What is imagery

1,4

The repetition of beginning consonant sounds.

What is alliteration

2,1

A sentence that starts with the main clause and then adds modifiers

What is cumulative or loose sentence

2,2

A relatively lengthy lyric poem that often expresses lofty emotions in a dignified style

What is an ode

2,3

A type of metaphor in which a nonhuman thing or quality is talked about as if it were human

What is personification

2,4

The repetition of similar vowel sounds

What is assonance

3,1

A style that employs many conjunctions

What is polysyndeton

3,2

A light, humorous style of fixed form poetry. Its usual form consists of five lines

with the rhyme scheme aabba

What is a limerick

3,3

A figure of speech comparing two unlike things using like, as, or than.

What is simile

3,4

The repetition of middle or ending consonant sounds.

What is consonance

4,1

The placing of a sentence or one of its parts against Another to which it is opposed to form a

balanced contrast of ideas (direct opposites)

What is antithesis

4,2

A long narrative poem, told in a formal, elevated style, that focuses on a serious subject and chronicles heroic

deeds and events important to a culture or nation.

What is an epic

4,3

A deliberate, extravagant, and often outrageous exaggeration.

What is hyperbole

4,4

The use of words that mimic the sounds they describe.

What is onomatopoeia

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Figure of omission in which normally occurring conjunctions (and, or, but, for, nor, so, yet)

are intentionally omitted in successive phrases, or clauses;

What is asyndeton

5,2

A mournful, contemplative lyric poem written to commemorate someone who is dead, often ending

in a consolation.

What is an elegy

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An event in which the essential nature of something- a person, a situation, an object – is suddenly perceived;

What is an epiphany

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Posing a question then answering it.

What is hypophora