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Poetry Terms to Know
Definitions and Examples for Poetry Terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A passing or casual reference | AllusionExample: Christy didn't like to spend money. She was no Scrooge (allusion to a character in Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol), but she seldom bought something that was not a necessity. |
| Unrhymed verse | Blank Verse |
| Major form of Japenese verse; written in 17 syllables divided into 3 lines of 5, 7, and then 5 syllables.Example:Sitting at my houseHungry, I hear the doorbellIt's here. My pizza. | Haiku |
| Method by which the meaning of an unknown word is figured out by using other words or sentences | Context Clues |
| Pattern of rhymes used in a poem. | Rhyme Scheme |
| Figure of speech in which something is compared to something else that suggests a resemblance | MetaphorExample: She is rail thin. |
| A material object representing something (usually an idea) | SymbolExample: a heart is a symbol for love |
| Figure of speech in which two unlike things are plainly compared (using like or as) | SimileExample: She is as big as a house. |
| Particular style or manner of writing or speaking | Tone |
| A distinctive emotional quality or character | Mood |
| Formation of mental images, figures, or likenesses of things | Imagery |
| Attribution of a personal nature or character to inanimate objects or abstract notions (giving inanimate objects human like qualities) | Personifiction |
| The formation of a word; sound words | OnomatopoeiaExample: BOOM, BUZZ, CRACK |
| The commencement of 2 or more stressed syllables to a word group either with the same consonant sound or sound group | AlliterationExample: Dreary Days Drag me Down |
| rhyme in which the same vowel sounds are used with different consonants in the stressed syllables of the rhyming words | AssonanceExample:And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the sideOf my darling, my darling, my life and my bride. |
| Obvious and intentional exaggeration | HyperboleExample: I would walk 500 miles just to see you. |
| Speech or writing that departs from literal meaning in order to achieve a special effect or meaning (use of hyperbole, metaphor, and simile) | Figurative Language |
| Taken as true | Literal |
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