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Poetic Terms
Mrs. Hunter
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Alliteration | A device in which several words in the same line or stanza share the same constant sound at the beginning of the word |
| Assonance | A device in which several words in the same line or stanza share the same vowel sound |
| Connotation | The associations called up by a word that goes beyond its dictionary meaning |
| Consonance | The repetition of internal or ending consonant sounds in a short sequence of words |
| Couplet | A pair of lines that rhymes |
| Denotation | The dictionary meaning of a word |
| Enjambment | A run-on line of poetry in which logical and grammatical sense carries over from one line into the next. Differs from an end-stopped line in which the grammatical and logical sense is competed within the line |
| Extended Metaphor | A metaphor introduced and developed throughout all or part of a literary work |
| Hyperbole | Creating effect by using exaggeration |
| Iamb | A metrical unit (or foot) of verse having one unstressed syllable followed by one stressed syllable ("beyond") |
| Imagery | Words or phrases that make the reader "feel" what is occurring in the text. They help the reader imagine the sights, sounds, smells, tastes, and feelings of something |
| Situational Irony | When the reader expects something to occur and instead something completely different occurs |
| Dramatic Irony | When the reader knows something the character does not know |
| Verbal Irony | When someone says one thing while meaning the opposite |
| Metaphor | A comparison of two unlike things that share similar quantities |
| Meter | The pattern of measure units of sound recurring more or less regularly in lines of verse |
| Mood | The feeling or atmosphere created in a poem or story. Word choice and imagery create this |
| Motif | A situation, incident, idea, image, symbol, or character-type that occurs in many different literary words. If it is repeated often in a single literary work, it is called "recurrent" or "leit". |
| Onomatopoeia | The use of words that seem to imitate the sounds they refer to ("boom" or "crack") |
| Personification | The use of human qualities to describe animals, objects, or ideas |
| Quatrain | A verse stanza of four lines, rhymed or unrhymed |
| Rhyme | Often used to emphasize a particular emotion or idea in a poem. There are different kinds |
| End Rhyme | Rhyme occurring at the end of verse lines |
| Internal Rhyme | Rhyme that occurs within a line instead of at the end of two lines |
| Perfect Rhyme | Two or more words' final stressed vowel and all following sounds are similar. Also called "true" |
| Slant Rhyme | Two words that almost rhyme, with an imperfect match in sound |
| Rhyme Scheme | The pattern of end rhyme in a poem |
| Rhythm | The regular pattern of accents in the flow of a poem and the rise and fall of stresses on words in the meter of the poem |
| Sestet | The group of six lines that form the second part of a Petrarchan/Italian sonnet; a stanza made up of six lines |
| Simile | A comparison of two unlike things by saying one thing is similar to another, often using "like" or "as" |
| Sonnet | A poetic form made up of 14 rhyming lines of equal length (iambic pentameter). The two primary forms are the Petrarchan (or Italian) , and the Shakespearean (or English). Both have different rhyme schemes |
| Stanza | An arrangement of two or more lines of poetry into regular pattern of length, rhythm, and often rhyme scheme. They indicate separate thoughts and are separated from one another by spaces. Sometimes referred to as a "poetic paragraph" |
| Stress | To place emphasis on a syllable or word in pronouncing it or following a metrical pattern |
| Symbolism | Using something concrete (person, place, thing, or action) to stand for something abstract (idea, belief, feeling, or attitude) |
| Tone | The emotional character of the voice contained in a piece of writing. It reflects attitude toward the subject. It may be conveyed by the writer (showing their attitude towards their subject), or their narrator, or anybody who speaks in the text |
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