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Bullins Vocab Test 1
Literary/Poetic Terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Allegory | form of extended metaphor in which objects and persons in a narrative are equated with meaning that lie outside the narrative |
| Alliteration | The repetition of consonant sounds, especially at the beginning of words; Sally sells seashells by the seashore. |
| Hyperbole | A figure of speech involving exaggeration. ex."a ton of homework" |
| Imagery | images, pictures, or appeals to senses found in a poem (includes metaphors, symbols, and similes) |
| Metaphor | a figure of speech which compares one thing to another directly using some form of the verb "to be" ex. "Happiness is a warm puppy" |
| Irony | a figure of speech in which the actual intent is expressed in words which carry the opposite meaning |
| Onomatopoeia | using a word whose sound suggests it's meaning. Words such as buzz, crackle, hum |
| Personification | assigning human characteristics to non-human objects, abstractions or ideas |
| Internal Rhyme | rhyming words found within the lines ex. "The splendor falls on the castle walls" |
| Simile | figure of speech which directly compares two things using the words like, as, or as though. An example: "O my love's like a red, red rose." |
| Sonnet | A fourteen-line poem in iambic pentameter. The Shakespearean sonnet is arranged as three quatrains and a final couplet, rhyming abab cdcd efef gg. |
| Allusion | process of referring to figures or events in life or in literature that are well known--alludes to figures outside the poem ex "To Helen" |
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