a metrical foot that features two unstressed syllables
It also refers to a victory gained at considerable cost. It
takes its name from Pyrrhus, King of Epirus who defeated the Roman
armies is 280 BC. The cost of the victory was so great that he was
unable to proceed to take Rome
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What term is defined as the identification of the meter by scanning the feet and the stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry
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scansion
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Which of these terms is defined as a poem that consists of fourteen lines of iambic pentameter
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sonnet
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Which of these terms is defined as a pair of rhymed lines usually of the same length that form a stanza
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couplet
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What is prosody of speech
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Prosody is defined as the name of the speech elements of stress,
rhythm and intonation. Prosody training needs a strong hearing and
determined intent to listen to how words and utterances are made.
All the elements of prosody are used in the spoken forms of
language.
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Which of these terms is defined as the structure of a verse as identified by the process of scansion
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versification
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What is the sudden realization or insight in which a character recognizes a truth or previously unknown information
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an epiphany
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Which of these terms is defined as a humorous story that is exaggerated in an extreme manner
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tall tale
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What term is defined as the continued use of a word phrase stanza form or effect in any form of literature
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Refrain
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Which of these is defined as expressions that describe one thing in terms of another such as in the use of personification similes or metaphors
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figure of speech
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Which is defined as prose that describes real objects settings events and the actual experiences of individuals
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Nonfiction is defined as prose that describes real objects, settings, events, and the actual experiences of individuals. Nonfiction is defined as prose that describes real objects, settings, events, and the actual experiences of individuals.
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Which of these is defined as a from of nonfiction in which the author writes about another person's life
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genre
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What termWhich of these terms is defined as a metrical foot that features the use of one stressed syllable and one unstressed syllable
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trochee
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What is rhythm
it is a beat that re-peats (pattern)
What is a pyrrhic
a metrical foot that features two unstressed syllables
It also refers to a victory gained at considerable cost. It
takes its name from Pyrrhus, King of Epirus who defeated the Roman
armies is 280 BC. The cost of the victory was so great that he was
unable to proceed to take Rome
What term is defined as the identification of the meter by scanning the feet and the stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry
scansion
Which of these terms is defined as a poem that consists of fourteen lines of iambic pentameter
sonnet
Which of these terms is defined as a pair of rhymed lines usually of the same length that form a stanza
couplet
What is prosody of speech
Prosody is defined as the name of the speech elements of stress,
rhythm and intonation. Prosody training needs a strong hearing and
determined intent to listen to how words and utterances are made.
All the elements of prosody are used in the spoken forms of
language.
Which of these terms is defined as the structure of a verse as identified by the process of scansion
versification
What is the sudden realization or insight in which a character recognizes a truth or previously unknown information
an epiphany
Which of these terms is defined as a humorous story that is exaggerated in an extreme manner
tall tale
What term is defined as the continued use of a word phrase stanza form or effect in any form of literature
Refrain
Which of these is defined as expressions that describe one thing in terms of another such as in the use of personification similes or metaphors
figure of speech
Which is defined as prose that describes real objects settings events and the actual experiences of individuals
Nonfiction is defined as prose that describes real objects, settings, events, and the actual experiences of individuals. Nonfiction is defined as prose that describes real objects, settings, events, and the actual experiences of individuals.
Which of these is defined as a from of nonfiction in which the author writes about another person's life
genre
What termWhich of these terms is defined as a metrical foot that features the use of one stressed syllable and one unstressed syllable