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Any arrangement of words
Text
Category of literature
Genre
pros, verse, frama
Major Genre
Specific subdivision of major genre
Minor Genre
text written in standard paragraph form
Prose
text not written in standard paragraph form
verse
text meant to be preformed
drama
visually descriptive or figurative language
imagery
arrangements of lines
stanza
continues without pause into the next line
enjambment
the use of words to create a desired sound or pattern
Sound Devices
repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words
Alliteration
repetition of consonant sounds at the end of words (not ryhme)
Consonance
repetition of vowel sounds
Assonance
similar sounds include the vowel and the consonants
Rhyme
sounds are similar but not exact cat/map
approximate
sounds are identical cat/ hat
Exact
rhyme occurs in the last syllable: attack/slack
Masculine
rhyme occurs in the last two or more syllables: Manageable/tangible
Feminine
Occurs at the end of line
End Rhymee
Occurs within the lines
Internal
Words that look like they would rhyme but don’t: flown down
Sight
Pattern created by the rhyming in a line, capital letters used to show pattern
Rhyme Scheme
Devices that enable the writer to operate on levels other than the literal
Figures of Speech