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Poetry Terms 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Alliteration | The repetition of similar consonant sounds at the beginning of words |
| Simile | A comparison using "like" or "as" |
| Metaphor | A comparison that says one thing IS something else |
| Allusion | A reference to a well-known piece of literature or music within a poem |
| Verbal Irony | Saying the opposite of what one means |
| Situational Irony | When the opposite of what is expected happens |
| Dramatic Irony | When the audience knows something the character does not |
| Hyperbole | An extreme exaggeration |
| Assonance | The repetition of similar vowel sounds |
| Anaphora | The use of a particular word or group of words over and over for emphasis |
| Refrain | A recurring phrase throughout a poem |
| Pathetic Fallacy | When the weather mimics with mood of the poet/the poem |
| Ellipsis | "..." meant to signify a pause or something being ommited |
| Enjambment | When one line in poetry carries over into the next; meant to be read as one continuous line |
| Sight Rhyme | A rhyme that looks like it will work, but does not |
| Internal Rhyme | Rhyme within a line |
| Feminine Rhyme | A rhyme that matches two or more syllables |
| Masculine Rhyme | A rhyme that only matches one syllable (often the last one) |
| Neologism | A word invented by the poet |
| Slant Rhyme | A rhyme that has consonance only on the last syllable (near rhyme) |
| Foot | Two syllables in a line of poetry |
| Meter | The syllabic pattern in a line of verse |
| Monometer | A line of verse with just one metrical foot |
| Tetrameter | A line of verse with 4 metrical feet |
| Pentameter | A line of verse with 5 metrical feet |
| Free Verse | Poetry without structure, rhyme scheme, or meter |
| Stanza | A group of lines in a poem |
| Serpentine Verses | A line of poetry beginning and ending with the same word |
| Villanelle | A structured poem containing two refrains |
| Sonnet | 14 line poem that follows a strict rhyme scheme |
| Limerick | 5 line poem that follows AABBA |
| Ambiguity | When a poem can mean two different things; up to the reader to interpret it |
| Rhyme Scheme | Rhyming pattern |
| Caesura | Grammatical pause/break in a line of poetry |
| Connotation | Emotional feeling a word conjures up |
| Diction | Word choice |
| Didactic Poetry | Poetry meant to teach a lesson |
| Poetic License | Certain rules poets follow |
| Ricochet Words | Hyphenated words, usually formed by duplicating a word with a change in the vowel |
| Synecdoche | Figure of speech in which a part of something stands for the whole |
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