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Poetic/Literary Term
English 8
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Assonance | Similar vowel sounds in words that end with different consonants |
| Consonance | Similar Consonant sounds at the ends of words |
| Couplet | Two rhymed lines of poetry |
| Diction | The specific words an author chooses |
| Extended Metaphor | A metaphor that is applied throughout the entire poem |
| Iamb | A metrical foot consisting of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable or a short syllable followed by a a long syllable |
| Iambic Pentameter | A rhythmic pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in which there are five stressed syllables in each line |
| Meter | The deliberate use of a stressed and unstressed syllables to create a particular beat for a poem |
| Narrator | One who tells the story in a piece of work |
| Paraphrase | To restate a piece of writing in simple terms |
| Parody | An imitation of something, usually with the intent of making fun |
| Persona | The person created by the writer to tell a story |
| Quatrain | Four lines of poetry, which may be rhymed |
| Rhyme | The common device is the pairing of words that sound the same |
| End Rhyme | For poems with rhymes that occur at the end of a sentence |
| Internal Rhyme | With a poem that has a rhyme inside of the sentence |
| Rhyme Scheme | The pattern of rhyme used in a poem |
| Rhythm | The pattern of stressed (accented) and unstressed (unaccented) syllables in each line of poetry; rhythm refers to the beat of a poem |
| Stanza | A group of lines in poetry; in prose, you would call it a paragraph |
| Figurative Language | Simile,metaphor, personification, alliteration, hyperbole, onomatopoeia, idiom, cliche, imagery, symbol, allusion ect. |
| Ballad | A poem that tells a story; ballads are usually sung |
| Free Verse | Poetry that doesn't follow any specific patterns in rhythm, rhyme scheme, or line length; free verse may contain rhymes, but they are not used in a prescribed manner |
| Haiku | A three lineJapanese poetic form in the line follow the pattern of five syllables in the first line, seven syllables in the second line, and five syllables in the third line |
| Limerick | A five line poem that follows a specific rhyme scheme and rhythm. The first,second, and fifth lines contain eight syllables. Lines two and three contain six syllables. |
| Lyric Poem | A poem that express the speaker's thoughts or feelings and creates a single,imaginative impression on the reader. Many poems can be classified as lyric poems including sonnets, ballads, and odes |
| Narrative Poem | A poem that has a plot or tells a story |
| Ode | A long, serious poem in praise of something |
| Sonnet | A very structured 14 line poem that follows a specific rhyme structure and rhythm. The two most common sonnets are the Italian sonnet and the English sonnet. William Shakespeare wrote many English sonnets called Shakespearean sonnets |
| Mood | The feeling created in the reader by the poem or story |
| Simile | A direct comparison between two things using "like" or "as" |
| Onomatopoeia | A word whose sounds imitates or suggests its meaning |
| Symbol | A concrete thing that represents an abstract idea or feeling; A person, place thing of event that has meaning in itself and also stands for something more |
| Tone | The attitude a writer takes toward the subject of a work, the characters, or the audience |
| Oxymoron | A figure of speech that combines two opposing or contradictory ideas |
| Personification | A figure of speech in which a nonhuman subject is given human characteristics (feeling, thought, or attitudes) |
| Anecdote | A brief story about an interesting, amusing, or strange event |
| Idiom | The meaning of the phrase (or group of words) has little or nothing to do with the words by themselves,taken one by one |
| Imagery | The use of language to evoke (bring to mind) a picture or sensation |
| Apostrophe | A figure of speech in which a speaker directly addresses an absent person, personified object (or abstract desire) |
| Irony | The contrast between what is stated and what is meant, or between what us expected to happen and what actually happens |
| Cliche | An expression that has been used so often that it has become trite (overused) and sometimes boring |
| Metaphor | States a fact or draws a verbal picture by the use of comparison; You're not "Like" something (as in a simile), you "are" something |
| Colloquial | Word choice or verbal expressions characterized by a geographical region or group |
| Allegory | A story or tale with two or more levels of meaning - A literal one and a more symbolic level |
| Epiphany | A sudden revelation or flash of insight |
| Alliteration | The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words or accented syllables |
| Flashback | A section of a literary work that interrupts the chronological presentation of events to relate an event from an earlier time |
| Foreshadowing | The use of clues to suggest events that have yet to occur |
| Allusion | A reference to someone or something (often unnamed) known from a literary work, character, event, place, person, history, culture or work of art |
| Anaphora | The deliberate repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of several successive verses, clauses, or paragraphs |
| Hyperbole | A deliberate exaggeration or overstatement, often used for comic effect |
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