POETRY TERMS #1 Word Scramble

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alliteration	The repetition of similar consonant sounds in a line of poetry
initial alliteration	When alliteration occurs at the beginning of words (jump for joy)
hidden alliteration	When alliteration occurs within words (sunshine and shadow)
allusion	A reference in one work of literature to a person, place, or event in another work of literature or in history, art, or music
analogy	An extended comparison showing the similarities between two thing
assonance	The repetition of similar vowel sounds, usually close together, in a group of words (free and easy; mad as a hatter)
ballad	A story (a narrative poem) told in verse and usually meant to be sung
literary ballad	a ballad in which a known writer imitates a folk ballad
folk ballad	A story told in verse that is by an unknown author and meant to be sung (A type of narrative poetry)
blank verse	Verse written in unrhymed iambic pentameter, where each line usually contains ten syllables and every other syllable is stressed
connotation	The emotion or association that a word or phrase may arouse
couplet	Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme
denotation	The literal or “dictionary” meaning of a word
diction	A writer’s choice of words (particularly for clarity, effectiveness, and precision
dramatic poetry	Poetry in which one or more characters speak
figurative language	Language that is not intended to be interpreted in a literal sense; saying one thing in terms of another
figure of speech	A term applied to a specific kind of figurative language, such as metaphor or simile
foot	a unit of poetic meter; the number of rhythmic beats in a line
free verse	Poetry that has no fixed meter or pattern and that depends on natural speech rhythms; it may rhyme or it may not; its lines may be of different lengths
iambic pentameter	The most common verse line in English poetry consisting of five feet of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable
imagery	Language that appeals to any sense or any combination of the senses
literary ballad	A story told in verse in which a known writer imitates a folk ballad
lyric poetry	Poetry that expresses a speaker’s personal thoughts or feelings
metaphor	A comparison between two unlike things (with the intent of giving added meaning to one of them) WITHOUT using words of comparison
implied metaphor	does not directly state that one thing is another; it implies the comparison
meter	A generally regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in poetry
iamb	one unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable
pentameter	name for the number of 5 feet in a poem
monologue	A long, uninterrupted speech (in a narrative or drama) that is spoken in the presence of other characters
narrative poetry	Poetry that tells a story (a ballad is an example)
onomatopoeia	The use of a word whose sound in some degree imitates or suggests its meaning; the word is the sound; the sound is the word (cuckoo; snap; clang; rustle; tick tock; hiss)
parallelism	The use of phrases, clauses, or sentences that are similar or complementary in structure or in meaning
paraphrase	A summary or recapitulation of a piece of literature
personification	A figure of speech in which an animal, an object, a natural force, or an idea is given personality, or described as if it were human
Petrarchan Sonnet	A fourteen-line lyric poem consisting of two parts: the octave and the sestet whose rhyme scheme is a set rhyme scheme of abbaabba cdecde (or cddccd or cdcdcd) which also written using iambic pentameter Also called Italian sonnet
refrain	A word, phrase, line, or group of lines repeated regularly in a poem, usually at the end of each stanza
repetition	The return of a word, phrase, stanza form, or effect in any form of literature (as seen in alliteration, rhyme, refrain)
rhyme	The repetition of sound in two or more words or phrases that usually appear close to each other in a poem
end rhyme	When the rhyme occurs at the ends of lines
exact rhyme	When the words at the ends of lines rhyme exactly
internal rhyme	When the rhyme occurs within a line
approximate (or near rhyme or partial rhyme or slant rhyme)	When the final sounds of words are similar, but not identical (EX: cook/lack; word/Lord)
rhyme scheme	The pattern of rhymes in a poem
rhythm	The arrangement of stressed and unstressed syllables in a pattern
Shakespearean Sonnet	A fourteen-line lyric poem consisting of three quatrains and a couplet with the following rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efef gg
simile	A comparison made between two dissimilar things through the use of a specific word of comparison such as like, as, than, or resembles (Dorothy is like a golden flower)
sonnet	A fourteen-line lyric poem usually written in rhymed iambic pentameter with a set rhyme scheme; Two types: Shakespearean sonnet (or English sonnet); Petrarchan sonnet (or Italian sonnet)
speaker	The voice in a poem which may be the poet or may be a character created by the poet.
stanza	A group of lines forming a unit in poem
symbol	Any object, person, place, or action that has a meaning in itself and that also stands for something larger than itself, such as a quality, an attitude, a belief, or a value
theme	The main idea or the basic meaning of a literary work
tone	The attitude a writer takes toward his or her subject, characters, and readers
stanza names	couplet, tercet (or triplet), quatrain, cinquain, sestet, heptastich, octave

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