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Poetry Terms
English 10 3rd 9-Weeks Test Vocabulary Terms (Poetry)
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| alliteration | repetition of the same or similar consonant sounds in words that are close together |
| assonance | repetition of similar vowel sounds followed by different consonant sounds |
| blank verse | poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter |
| internal rhyme | rhyme that occurs within the line |
| free verse | poetry that does not have a regular meter or rhyme scheme |
| simile | figure of speech that makes a comparison between two seemingly unlike things |
| metaphor | figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things without a connective word |
| run-on line | line of poetry that continues through another line |
| quatrain | four line stanza |
| couplet | two consecutive lines of poetry that form a unit |
| lyric | poem that expresses a feeling |
| theme | central idea or insight revealed by a word of literature |
| paradox | statement/situation that seems to be a contradiction but that reveals a truth |
| hyperbole | figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express emotion |
| dramatic monologue | long speech to which no one responds |
| caesura | natural pause in a line of poetry |
| onomatopoeia | use of a word who sound imitates or suggest its meaning |
| elegy | poem that mourns the dead |
| analogy | comparison made between two things to show how they are alike |
| euphony | pleasing sounds |
| tone | attitude the writer takes toward the subject, reader, or character |
| personification | type of metaphor in which a nonhuman thing or quality is talked about as if it were human |
| rhythm | musical quality in language, produced by repetition |
| imagery | language that appeals to the senses |
| mood | feeling in a work of literature |
| apostrophe | speaking to an abstract quality |
| inversion | reversal of normal word order in a sentence |
| slant rhyme | words that sound similar but do not rhyme exactly |
| ballad | song or song-like poem that tells a story |
| allusion | reference to a statement, person, place, event, or thing that is know from literature, history, religion, myth, politics, sports, science, or the arts |
| rhyme scheme | pattern of rhymed lines in a poem |
| refrain | repeated word, phrase, line, or group of lines |
| parallelism | repetition of words, phrases, or sentences that have the same grammatical structure or that state a similar idea |
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