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| Rhetoric is the art of using language to persuade or influence another. |
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| Identifying the rhythmic shape of a line is to scan it. |
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| A line of verse containing 5 metrical feet. |
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| Verse with 3 metrical feet |
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| verse with 4 metrical feet |
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| verse with 6 metrical feet |
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| unrhymed iambic pentameter |
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| the formal measure of the natural rhythm of language as it falls into regular patterns of stress |
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| A natural pause in phrasing a metrical line. The perfect one is in a Hexameter |
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| Completion of a single thought at the end of a poetic line. |
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| The last syllable of the line is stressed. |
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| Unstressed final syllable. (no line ends with a pyrrhic or dactylic foot) |
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| The major sense word (or words) in a line. |
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| Deletion of vowels between words. i.e. Sh'aduterates |
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| Deletion of vowels within a word. i.e. Marg'ret |
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| A single poetic rhythmic measure, usually consisting of two or three syllables. |
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| Resemblance on sounds, especially in the vowel sounds of words. Internal rhyme. |
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| Repetition of the same sounds or syllables in two or more words of a line. Commonly initial sounds, especially consonants. |
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| A close similarity between consonants or groups of consonants, especially at the ends of words. i.e. strong and sing. |
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| Comparison of two unlike things using "like" or "as." |
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| Comparison of two dissimilar things NOT using "like" or "as." |
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| Use of words of phrases that sound like their referent. i.e. whipperwill |
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1. Use of one word with two meanings (one is usually obsene)
2. Use of unique words that sound alike. |
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| A contrast or opposition of thought within a phrase, sentence, monologue or scene. i.e. I have hope to live and am prepared to die. |
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| Placement of equals in a pharse. i.e. that which made them DRUNK hath made me BOLD |
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| Placement of equals in a pharse. i.e. that which made them DRUNK hath made me BOLD |
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| Intended meaning of word used in opposite of the usual sense. |
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| Repetition of a key word or phrase at the beginning of successive lines. |
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| Literally, a "turning away," to address some imaginary person or idea. |
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