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2 Poetry Concepts 46
Poetry Concepts and Literary Devices
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Assonance | Repetition of the vowel sound |
| Connotation | a word that give a feeling or emotion opposite of the true word's meaing |
| Denotation | The word for the literal object |
| Couplet | two rhyming lines |
| Heroic Couplet | A rhyming couplet in iambic pentameter |
| Free Verse | A poem written without rules |
| Blank Verse | Poem with rhythm but no rhyme |
| Internal Rhyme | Last word rhymes with a word in that same line |
| Caesura | A pause in a line of poetry |
| Anaphora | Initial Words are repeated in different lines |
| Synecdoche | Use a little part to represent a whole |
| Oxymoron | Two WORDS put together that are opposites |
| Anastrophe | Words are ordered in wrong grammar |
| Apostrophe | Talking to an inanimate object |
| Conceit | Extended or elaborate metaphor |
| Allusion | Referring to something in the past |
| Stanza | A paragraph of poetry |
| Verse | Stanza in poetry |
| Accent | Putting stress on a syllable |
| Enjambment | A run-on poem |
| Consonance | Repetitions of the consonant |
| Imagery | Painting mental images with words |
| Psalm | A sacred poem used in worship |