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poetry exam

QuestionAnswer
persona speaker
enjambment run on lines, lack of punctuation
end-stopped lines using punctuation
simile comparing two things using like or as
metaphor comparing two things without using like or as
imagery description to make you picture something
kinetic imagery poem with movement
static imagery poem with no movement
visual imagery something you can see
auditory imagery imagery you can hear
synecdoche using a part to represent a whole
hyperbole intense exaggeration
understatement not exaggerating enough
apostrophe persona is talking to someone who is not there
sarcasm intense verbal irony
personification giving human attributes to inanimate objects, animals, or abstract concepts
synaesthesia using senses
connotation what words make you think of
denotation diction of words
diction how we speak
formal diction syntax (sentence structure) is perfect
informal diction using slang, incomplete sentences
coinage made up word, no meaning (ex. gobbledygoo)
oxymoron things that don't go together
dramatic monologue one person talking for a long time, dramatic
concrete poem looks like what the poem is talking about
metonomy the substitution of a name for another name that doesn't sound as bad (ex. vietnam war -> vietnam conflict)
rhythm audible pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables
meter rhythmic structure of a line of a verse, created by the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables
situational irony when something happens that the reader didn't expect
verbal irony when someone says something they don't mean
dramatic irony when the reader knows something the character doesn't know
4 parts of a sonnet 1) 14 lines 2) constant meter (often iambic pentameter) 3) rhyme sceme (1st & 3rd lines, 2nd & 4th lines, lines 13 & 14 are the message) 4) volta/turn
Created by: alaynak
 

 



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