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| unstressed/stressed EG VERMONT |
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| Stress/Unstressed EG TEXAS |
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| unstressed/unstressed/stressed EG ILLINOIS |
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| stressed/unstressed/unstressed EG OREGON |
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| one foot-2 syllables/line |
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| A change from one rhyme group to another |
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| Convienient way of tying things up---> all order is restored |
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| Repitition of words in immediate succession EG "Words, words, words!" |
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| Pleasure in someone else's pain or misfortune |
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| Eldest son gets the entire fathers fortune |
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| men/men, women/women BUT not in a romantic sense |
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| Prior to the fall or lapse in a story |
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| Quick discussion between characters consisting of short one-liners |
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| The deliberate repitition of words or phrases at the begining of several successions of lines |
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| Corresponding structure of noun to noun, clause to clause, adjective to adjective etc. EG: My tongue should catch your tongues sweet melody. |
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| Series of three rhyming lines |
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| a sequence of rhyming pairs of iambic pentameter lines. |
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| is the repetition of the last word of a preceding clause. The word is used at the end of a sentence and then used again at the beginning of the next sentence.EG: "We also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. And hope does not disappoint us." |
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| two or more clauses are related to each other through a reversal of structures in order to make a larger point. EG "Watching breeds leanness, leanness is all gaunt." |
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| appeals to the audience's emotions |
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| Mimics everyday speech; no meter or rhyme. |
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| Speech using rhythm and meter; lyrical. |
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| Regular meter, but no rhyme |
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| No meter or rhyme, but not everyday language. Still somewhat lyrical. |
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