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29 Cards in this Set
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acotacion
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stage directions
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paranomasia
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close words of similar sounds but very different meanings
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similcadencia
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close words with similar sounds (oro, lloro, imploro)
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anadiplosis
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repetition of the same word at the end of one line and the beginning of the next
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epanadiplosis
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a line that begins and ends with the same word
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enumeracion
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a collection of words used to describe something without saying its actual name
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epiteto
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adjectives that describe a noun's inherent quality to intensify it
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hiperbaton
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inversion of normal word order to create a poetic effect
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anafora
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repetition of one or several words at the beginning of a phrase
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asindeton
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omission of conjunctions (accelerates the rhythm)
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polisindeton
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repetition of a conjunction (y, y, y)
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paralelismo
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repetition of the same syntantic structure
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elipsis
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elimination of understood elements
ex: lo (que es) bueno, si (es) bueno, (es) dos veces bueno |
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prosopografia
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physical description of a personal or animal
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etopeya
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description of moral or spiritual qualities
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apostrofe
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direct invocation of something or someone that isn't present
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personifacion
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giving human qualities to animals or things
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hiperbole
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exaggeration used to make a point
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antitesis
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association of opposing concepts for contrasting
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sinestesia
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description of one sense in terms of another
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metonimia
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substituting an associated object for the actual object (snowy peak for a graying head)
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metafora
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description of something without using "like" or "as"
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simil
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description of something using "like" or "as"
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epifora
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the iteration of the same word (believing to not believe, but without believing, believing it)
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encabalgamiento
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in poetry, when an idea is not ended at the end of the line; gives poetry the feeling of prose
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perifrasis
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to describe something in a roundabout way
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rima consonante
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phonic similarity b/w vowels and one or more consonants
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rima asonante
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phonic similarity b/w vowels
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rima interna
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rhyme within a single line
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