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Poetry Terms 13

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Alliteration 2 or more words that begin with same sound
Allusion reference to historical or literary (biblical)
Analogy compares to something outside of poem
Hyperbole Deliberate overexaggeration
Metaphor comparing something wihtout like or as
Metonymy Use 1 word that represents something else
Synecdoche use 1 part of something to refer to the whole
Onomatopoeia words that contain a sound
Oxymoron words put together that are total opposite like intelligently dumb
Personification when an object is given human like features
Simile compared with another thing using like or as
Symbol Represents an object - something else
elegy a poem of lament
free verse a poem without either a rhyme or rhythm scheme although rhyme may be used just without a pattern
blank verse un-rhymed lines of iambic pentameter
imagery the use of words to create a mental picture
mood the emotional effect of a poem or a story
Assonance The repetition of similar vowel sounds in a sentence or a line of poetry or prose
Satire literary work that criticizes human misconduct and ridicules vices, stupidities, and follies
Sonnet A fourteen-line poem in iambic pentameter
Understatement A figure of speech in which a writer or speaker says less than what he or she means; the opposite of exaggeration.
Rhymed Verse consists of verse with end rhyme and usually with a regular meter
Rhyme Scheme pattern or sequence in which the rhyme occurs. The first sound is represented or designated as a, the second is designated as b, and so on. When the first sound is repeated, it is designated as a also.
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