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poetry test terms
Question | Answer |
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symbolism,When one thing represents itself literallyand something else figuratively. | |
ex.An eagle figuratively represents freedom | |
couplet,a pair of rhyming lines | |
connotation,the feelings or emotions surrounding a word | |
denotation,The dictionary definition of a word | |
diction,a writer's or speaker's choice of words | |
tone,The feeling the writer has towards the written topic. It is created by diction(word choice) | |
mood,The feeling the reader gets from the writing. | |
rhyme scheme,the pattern of rhyme in a poem | |
onomatopoeia,using words that imitate the sound they denote | |
hyperbole,Exaggeration | |
alliteration,use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse. | |
Sally sells seashells by the seashore. sssssss | |
internal rhyme,rhyme that occurs within a line of poetry | |
ex. The cat in the hat was sad. | |
metaphor,comparison not using like or as | |
simile,a comparison using like or as | |
imagery,Description that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste) | |
limerick,a humorous verse form of 5 anapestic lines with a rhyme scheme aabba | |
haiku,a major form of Japanese verse, written in 17 syllables divided into 3 lines of 5, 7, and 5 syllables, and employing highly evocative allusions and comparisons, often on the subject of nature or one of the seasons. | |
narrative poem,a poem that tells a story and has a plot | |
ex. The Raven | |
dramatic poem,Poem that reveals character through monologue or dialogue | |
Usually found in a play. | |
ex. "The Seven Ages of Man". | |
sonnet,a verse form consisting of 14 lines with a fixed rhyme scheme | |
stanza,a fixed number of lines of verse forming a unit of a poem | |
figurative meaning,When the words mean something other than what they say.(Connotative meaning) | |
literal meaning,dictionary meaning of a word | |
speaker of a poem,person that speaks the poem | |
pun,a humorous play on words | |
assonance,repetition of vowel sounds | |
ex. I need to eat and sleep. (the long e sound) | |
personification,A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes | |
refrain,A line that repeats itself in a poem. | |
lyric poem,a poem that does not tell a story but expresses the personal feelings or thoughts of a speaker | |
ex." I wandered Lonely as a Cloud" | |
Free verse,Poetry that does not have a regular meter or rhyme scheme | |
blank verse,unrhymed verse (usually in iambic pentameter) | |
example: Romeo and Juliet is considered blank verse. | |
iambic pentameter,a common meter in poetry consisting of an unrhymed line with five feet or accents, each foot containing an unaccented syllable and an accented syllable. |