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poetry test terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| symbolism,When one thing represents itself literallyand something else figuratively. | |
| ex.An eagle figuratively represents freedom | |
| couplet,a pair of rhyming lines | |
| connotation,the feelings or emotions surrounding a word | |
| denotation,The dictionary definition of a word | |
| diction,a writer's or speaker's choice of words | |
| tone,The feeling the writer has towards the written topic. It is created by diction(word choice) | |
| mood,The feeling the reader gets from the writing. | |
| rhyme scheme,the pattern of rhyme in a poem | |
| onomatopoeia,using words that imitate the sound they denote | |
| hyperbole,Exaggeration | |
| alliteration,use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse. | |
| Sally sells seashells by the seashore. sssssss | |
| internal rhyme,rhyme that occurs within a line of poetry | |
| ex. The cat in the hat was sad. | |
| metaphor,comparison not using like or as | |
| simile,a comparison using like or as | |
| imagery,Description that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste) | |
| limerick,a humorous verse form of 5 anapestic lines with a rhyme scheme aabba | |
| haiku,a major form of Japanese verse, written in 17 syllables divided into 3 lines of 5, 7, and 5 syllables, and employing highly evocative allusions and comparisons, often on the subject of nature or one of the seasons. | |
| narrative poem,a poem that tells a story and has a plot | |
| ex. The Raven | |
| dramatic poem,Poem that reveals character through monologue or dialogue | |
| Usually found in a play. | |
| ex. "The Seven Ages of Man". | |
| sonnet,a verse form consisting of 14 lines with a fixed rhyme scheme | |
| stanza,a fixed number of lines of verse forming a unit of a poem | |
| figurative meaning,When the words mean something other than what they say.(Connotative meaning) | |
| literal meaning,dictionary meaning of a word | |
| speaker of a poem,person that speaks the poem | |
| pun,a humorous play on words | |
| assonance,repetition of vowel sounds | |
| ex. I need to eat and sleep. (the long e sound) | |
| personification,A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes | |
| refrain,A line that repeats itself in a poem. | |
| lyric poem,a poem that does not tell a story but expresses the personal feelings or thoughts of a speaker | |
| ex." I wandered Lonely as a Cloud" | |
| Free verse,Poetry that does not have a regular meter or rhyme scheme | |
| blank verse,unrhymed verse (usually in iambic pentameter) | |
| example: Romeo and Juliet is considered blank verse. | |
| iambic pentameter,a common meter in poetry consisting of an unrhymed line with five feet or accents, each foot containing an unaccented syllable and an accented syllable. |