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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| speaker= | voice of poem |
| sonnet= | 14 line poem made famous by Milton and Shakespeare |
| simile= | comparison made between 2 unlike things using like or as |
| rhyme scheme= | pattern of rhyme between lines in a poem or song |
| rhyme (end & internal)= | end-2 lines ending with a rhyme. Internal- 1 line sentence, rhyme within |
| personification= | animal or object given a personality or described as if human |
| oxymoron= | combination of contradicting words |
| onomonopoeia= | words that resemble their definition in sound |
| meter= | combining feet to form a line |
| metaphor= | comparison between 2 unlike things to give them added meaning |
| limerick= | poem with triplet, couplet, begins with “there once was a..” |
| imagery= | language that appeals to any of the senses |
| hyperbole= | extreme exaggeration |
| haiku= | Japanese poem with 17 syllables |
| free verse= | rhymed or unrhymed lines, no set pattern |
| foot= | 2 syllables |
| enjambled= | carrying to next line |
| end-stopped= | complete sentence |
| diction= | poets choice of words |
| diamond= | fixed form poem created using number of words in a line |
| denotation= | dictionary definition |
| couplet= | pair of successive lines of verse-rhyme/same length |
| connotation= | association the word or phrase brings |
| consonance= | repetition of consonant sounds at the middle of words |
| blank verse= | poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter |
| assonance= | repetiotion of vowel sounds at the beginning of words |
| allusion= | direct or indirect refrence to lit, history, religion, etc. |
| alliteration= | repetiotion of sounds at the beginning of words |
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raganprinster
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