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Poetic Terms Jasmine
Definitions for poetic terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Imagrey | A description that effects one or more of the five senses. (Ex. The eerie silence was shattered by her scream.) |
| Onomatapiea | A word that describes a sound. (Ex. Bang!, Woof!, Meow!, Pow!) |
| Setting | A time and place where the writing is taken in. (Ex. It was a cold October morning in the city.) |
| Speaker | A person who communicates through the poem or writing; one who speaks for the poem. (Ex. Martin Luther King Jr.- a motivational speaker.) |
| Meter | The measured arrangement of words in poetry, as by accentual rhythm, syllabic quantity, or the number of syllables in a line. (Ex. Water, water everywhere and all the boards did shrink; water, water everywhere nor any drop to drink.) |
| Rhythm | The pattern or flow of sound created by the arrangement of stressed and unstressed syllables. (Ex. Poem: Whose woods these are I think I know. (Unstressed, stresses, unstressed, stressed, unstressed, stressed, unstressed, stressed).) |
| Theme | The abstract concept explored in a literary work. (Ex. The message of the poem "We Real Cool" is to stay in school or it's a slippery slope to trouble.) |
| Alliteration | A repetition of the same consanent, vowel, or sound. (Ex. Dally ducked down to dodge the dogdeball.) |
| Allusion | A passing or casu |
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