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poetry terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Lyric poetry | poetry that express a strong feeling or emotion |
| Narrative poetry | poetry that tells a story and a epic are examples of narrative poems |
| Dramatic poetry | poetry that is meant to be read aloud. |
| symbol | something that represents something else |
| End weight | the emphasis of a line of poetry is not made clear until the end of the line of poetry OR the end of the poem. |
| Tone | author’s attitude towards the subject of the writing/text (An author’s attitude can be positive, negative, or neutral.) |
| Stanza | poetic paragraph |
| Refrain | words or phrases repeated in the same order or position in many or all stanzas. |
| Volat | is the turn or change in thought in a sonnet. It usually occurs around the 8th line of a sonnet. |
| Enjambment | when a thought or sense, phrase or clause, in a line of poetry does not come to an end at the line break, but moves over to the next line |
| imagery | creating a “mental picture” by appealing to the 5 senses |
| Metaphor | a comparison of two unalike things by saying one IS the other |
| Simile | a comparison of two unalike things using “like” or “as” |
| Repetition | repeating sounds, words, or phrases |
| Anaphora | the repetition of a word or words at the beginning of successive phrases, clause |
| Epistrophe | the repetition of a word or words at the end of successive phrases, clauses, or lines |
| Alliteration | repeating the beginning SOUND of a word |
| Assonance | repetition of INTERNAL VOWEL SOUNDS |
| Consonance | repetition of ENDING CONSONANT SOUNDS |
| Rhyme | when both assonance and consonance are present. |
| Rhyme Scheme | a poet's deliberate pattern of lines that rhyme with other lines in a poem or a stanza |
| Rhythm | the “beat” of a poem |
| Personification | giving inanimate objects human abilities |
| Hyperbole | extreme exaggeration |
| Onomatopoeia | sound words |
| Allusion | a reference in a story to an historical event, a person from history, a work of literature, or a character in a work of literature. |
| Jargon | specific phrases and words by writers in a particular situation, profession or trade. |
| Idiom | an expression used by a particular group of people with a meaning that is only known through common use. |
| Diction | the poet/author’s specific word choice |
| Meter | the measured arrangement of sounds/beats in a poem |
| Free verse | poetry that does not rhyme or have a measurable meter |
| Verse | a single line of poetry |
| Theme | the central meaning or dominant message the poet is trying to get across to the reader |
| Oxymorno | a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear next to each other. |
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