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Poetry Terms
I pray for you emma
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Simile | A figure of speech in which two unlike things are compared using like or as. Ex. clear as front on the grass blade |
| Metaphor | A direct comparison between two objects with the intent of giving clear meaning to one of them. Ex life is a dream |
| personification | A figure of speech in which endows animals, objects, ideas, or something inanimate with human like traits. Ex the flowers danced about the lawn |
| Alliteration | The repetition of initial constant sounds. Ex on scrolls of silver snowy sentences |
| Allusion | A figure of speech that makes reference to a literary, historical, biblical, mythological figure, event, or object. |
| Apostrophe | addressing someone not present, as if they were. the speaker speaks directly to something non-human, often a god or a ghost. |
| Tone | the speakers attitude towards the subject matter |
| Caesura | A natural pause or break in the middle of a line in poetry |
| Assonance | The repetition of vowel sounds within a word but the words cannot rhyme. Ex tUne and fOOd |
| Consonance | The repetition of final constant sounds in a series of words that cannot rhyme. Ex faST and laST |
| Dissonance | The use of harsh sounding words to create a unpleasant effect or to create a interesting variation from what is rhythmically expected. |
| Literal | Using the exact textbook definition of a word |
| Figurative | Language that is extended beyond the literal. using exaggeration or metaphors. |
| Imagery | The use of vivid language to convey sensations. It helps us fully experience what we read. Ex a flicker of golden light, a rasping cough |
| Symbolism | A symbol is an idea or a object used to represent something else. Ex a white dove represents peace |
| Hyperbole | A figure of speech using exaggeration or overstatement for special effect. Ex i died laughing |
| Onomatopoeia | The use of a word to represent imitate a sound. Ex sizzle, pop, hiss, splash, buzz |
| Denotation | Refers to the literal meaning of a word (dictionary definition) |
| Connotation | Refers to the associations that are connected to a certain word or the emotional suggesting related to that word. (not dictionary definition). |
| Mood (atmosphere) | The feeling created in the reader by a poem or literary work |
| Synecdoche | a figure of speech in which a part is used for a whole. (such as hand for sailor) the whole used for the part (law as a police officer) the specific for the general (cutthroat for assassin) the general for the specific (thief for pickpocket) |
| Oxymoron | Figure of speech that fuses two contradictory or opposing ideas. Ex deafening silence, silent scream |
| Paradox | A seemingly contradictory statement that may nonetheless be true Ex when you increase your knowledge, you see how little you know. |
| Repetition | The repeating of words, phrases, lines, or stanzas |
| Rhyme | A similarity in the ending sounds between two words |
| Rhyme Scheme | The sequence in which the rhyme occurs. The first end sound is represented as the letter "a" the second is "b" etc. |
| Speaker | The imaginary voice assumed by the writer of the poem; the character who tells the poem |
| Stanza | A group of lines in a poem seen as a unit, equivalent to a paragraph in prose. Couplet, tercet, quatrain, cinquain, sotet, heptastich, octave |
| Theme | The central idea, concern, or purpose of a poem |
| Metonymy | A figure of speech which substitutes one term with another that is being associated with that term. ex the pen is mightier than the sword. |
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