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Poetry Vocabulary
Vocab. words needed for Englsih midterm exam- 04/05
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Oxymoron | conradictory words used together |
| alliteration | repitition of initial consonant or vowel sounds |
| apostrophe | addressing something non-human as if it were human |
| hyperbole | exaggeration |
| personification | giving human qualities to non-human beings |
| irony | contrast between was is expected and what happens |
| antithesis | two ideas standing in contrast from each other |
| connotation | secondary implications to a word |
| blanck verse | Iambic Pentameter that lacks any rhyme scheme |
| metonymy | substitution of one wor for another associated with it |
| Paradox | a statement containing seemingly contradictory ideas |
| onomatopoeia | words that, in their pronunciation, suggest their meaning |
| denotation | primary reference to a word |
| free verse | poetry wtihout rhyme or meter |
| simile | a comparision using like or as. |