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Poetry Terms 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Alliteration | the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words |
| Allusion | an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference |
| Anaphora | the use of a word referring to or replacing a word used earlier in a sentence, to avoid repetition |
| Antithesis | a person or thing that is the direct opposite of someone or something else |
| Assonance | in poetry, the repetition of the sound of a vowel or diphthong in nonrhyming stressed syllables near enough to each other for the echo to be discernible |
| Conceit | a fanciful expression in writing or speech; an elaborate metaphor |
| Consonance | the recurrence of similar sounds, especially consonants, in close proximity |
| Enjambment | the continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line, couplet, or stanza |
| Euphemism | a mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing |
| Hyperbole | exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally |
| Imagery | visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work |
| Irony | the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect |
| Metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable |
| Metonymy | the substitution of the name of an attribute or adjunct for that of the thing meant |
| Onomatopoeia | the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named |
| Oxymoron | a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction |
| Paradox | a statement that is seemingly contradictory or opposed to common sense and yet is perhaps true |
| Personification | the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form |
| Pun | a joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word or the fact that there are words which sound alike but have different meanings |
| Repetition | the action of repeating something that has already been said or written |
| Rhyme | correspondence of sound between words or the endings of words, especially when these are used at the ends of lines of poetry |
| Simile | a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, using words such as “like” or “as” |
| Symbol | a thing that represents or stands for something else, especially a material object representing something abstract |
| Synecdoche | a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa |
| Tone | the general character or attitude of a place, piece of writing, situation, etc. |
Created by:
Peter Whitehead
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