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Literary devices revision
Holly Hunt
Flashcards by Holly Hunt, updated more than 1 year ago
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What is Iambic Tetrameter? 4 beats to a line (8 syllables) unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable
What is Lyric Poetry? An expression of personal emotion in 1st person narrative
What is a Volta? A dramatic change in emotion
What is Shakespearean Form? 3 sets of 4 lines, 2 lines which are a rhyming couplet
What is Iambic Pentameter? 10 syllables per line
What is a Quatrain? 3 stanzas of 4 lines
What is a sestet? Equal 6 six stanzas of 4 lines
What is Enjambment? The continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line or stanza
What is a Caesura? A break between words using a metrical foot (dash)
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