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poetry terms bazzar
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| simile | a comparison made between two things that uses the helping words “like,” “as,” “than,” or “resembles" |
| metaphor | a comparison between two things that does NOT use any helping words |
| conceit | an extended metaphor with complex logic, or a startling comparison, that governs a poetic passage or an entire poem |
| personification | a special kind of metaphor that gives human attributes to a nonhuman object, such as an animal, object, or concept |
| apostrophe | occurs when a poem’s speaker addresses someone absent, someone dead, or something nonhuman as if it were present and could respond |
| synecdoche | The use of the part for the whole (Example: He just got some new wheels.) |
| metonymy | The use of something closely related for the thing actually meant (Example: I remain loyal to the crown.) |
| paradox | an apparent contradiction that is nevertheless somehow true. |
| hyperbole | an overstatement or extravagant exaggeration, so far exaggerated that it cannot be taken literally. sometimes used in an attempt to be humorous, but often is done in a serious tone as well. |
| understatement | means a poem says less than it means. It can sometimes coexist with verbal irony. |
| sarcasm | bitter or cutting speech, said with the intention to hurt someone’s feelings. |
| satire | refers to literature that ridicules human folly or vice in order to bring about some kind of reform. |
| verbal irony | say the opposite of what you mean. It is unlike sarcasm, which aims to hurt, or satire, which aims to change, its goal is to be figurative—to say more than it seems. |
| dramatic irony | when the audience or reader knows something that a character does not. In poetry, this is rare and complicated. |
| situational irony | the broad term of something being simply “ironic,” refers to a discrepancy between actual circumstances and those that would seem appropriate or expected. |
| alliteration | the repetition of initial consonant sounds. |
| consonance | the repetition of final consonant sounds. |
| assonance | the repetition of vowel sounds. |
| repetition | a literary device that repeats the same words or phrases several times to make an idea clearer and more emphatic. |
| anaphora | a type of refrain device, where the first word or phrase is repeated in a series of lines. |
| onomatopoeia | the use of words which sound like they mean. |
| enjambment | occurs when a line does not stop at the end of the line, but continues onto the next line without pause or punctuation. |
| caesura | refers to a pause within a line of verse. |
| juxtaposition | refers to the act of placing two or more things side by side to compare or contrast something, or to create an interesting effect. |
| closed form poetry | fits into a previously established form, using structure, rhyme and/or meter. It adheres to these rules, or breaks them strategically to make a point. |
| open form poetry | does not yield to any rules. While open form poetry may use some rhyme, rhythm or structure, it doesn’t follow any previously established pattern. |
| imagery | the representation through language of sense experience. It occurs when the words of a poem relate to one of the five senses or a sense of feeling. |
| olfactory imagery | smell |
| gustatory imagery | taste |
| organic imagery | internal sensations such as hunger, thirst, fatigue, etc |
| kinesthetic imagery | muscle movements or tension |
| tone | refers to the emotional meaning behind lines of poetry. |
| pun | a play on words, where an author employs a word that has a second meaning or that sounds to a similar word, and both meanings can be applied. |
| denotation | dictionary definition of a word |
| connotation | refers to all associated or implied meanings of a word. |
| inversion | is a technique in which the normal order of words is reversed. This is often done to maintain a particular rhyme scheme or meter, and sometimes for artistic effect. |
| allusion | a brief and direct reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance. It does not describe or explain the person or thing to which it refers. |
| symbol | any image or thing that stands for something else |
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