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Term | Definition |
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alliteration | two words in the same line with the same starting sound. |
metaphor | a directly stated comparison. |
onomatopoeia | the attempt to spell out a sound. |
narrative poetry | that which tells a story with characters, a plot, etc. |
imagery | pictures drawn in the reader's mind by the words of the poet. |
personification | giving human characteristics to inanimate objects. |
simile | a comparison using like or as. |
repetition | using a key word several times throughout a poem. |
stanza | a paragraph in poetry, surrounded above and below by skipped lines. |
couplet | two rhyming lines in a row, usually stating an important thematic idea. |
speaker | the voice of the poem, usually NOT the poet. |
tone | the feelings the speaker has about the subject. |
mood | the feelings of the reader of a poem. |
diction | the choice of words of the speaker. |
irony | when the outcome is the opposite of what was expected. |
allusion | a reference to something the poet thinks everyone already knows. |
connotation | the extra meaning associated with a word more than just its definition. |
theme | the generalization about life understood from experiencing any work of art. |
hyperbole | exaggeration for humorous or thematic effect. |
symbol | an object which carries more meaning than simply its dictionary definition. |