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Poetry-1302

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a poem written as a speech made by a character addressing a silent listener dramatic monologue
a poem intended to teach a moral lesson or impart a body of knowledge didactic poem
poetry that blends criticism with humor to convey a message satiric
word choice diction
a reference to a person, place, or thing allusion
a particular variety of language spoken by an identifiable regional group or social class dialect
an association or additional meaning that a word, image, or phrase may carry connotation
imagery that refers to sense of touch tactile
a statement that at first strikes one as self-contradictory, but reveals a deeper sense paradox
a direct address apostrophe
a part stands for a whole synecdoche
exaggeration hyperbole
the endowing of human traits to something nonhuman personification
a repetition of consonant sounds in words close together alliteration
the harmonious effect when sounds work together euphony
a rime in which the spelling of the words is alike, but the pronunciations differ eye rhyme
a rhyme of two syllables with stress on a syllable other than the last (fertile, turtle) feminine rhyme
iamb u /
a line of verse that does not end in punctuation but carries on to the next line run-on line
the study of metrical structures in poetry prosody
Created by: blknebel
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