Poetry Techniques Flashcards

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Allusion

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Reference (usually indirect) to a preson, text or event. Biblical, mythological, intertextual.

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Antithesis

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Two sentences with contrasting meanings in close proximity to one another.

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Asyndeton

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Listing of words or phrases without a conjunction

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Polysyndeton

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Listing of words with many conjunctions

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Caesura

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A grammatical pause or break in a line of poetry. Can be indicated by -

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Colloquial Language

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Informal Language

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Couplet

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Structure of poetry where there are two lines of verse in a poem

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Disjunction

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A conjunction that dramatically interrupts rhythm in a sentence (e.g. but or yet)

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Ellipsis

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… dramatic pause that suggests words can’t be spoken or creates tension

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Emotive Language

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Words that stir the readers emotion

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Enjambment

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A sentence that runs over more than one line (or stanza) or a poem. Assists the flow of the poem

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Enjambment

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A sentence that runs over more than one line (or stanza) or a poem. Assists the flow of the poem

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Epigraph

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A quotation at the beginning of a literary work that suggests its theme

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Epistrophe

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Repetition of a word at the end of successive phrases, clauses, sentences or verses.

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Euphony

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Phrases that possess an extensive degree of notable loveliness.

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Figurative Language

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Language that’s intended to create an image, association, or another effect in the mind of the listener or reader that goes beyond the literal meaning or expected use of the words involved.

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Foreshadowing

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Indicative words or phrases that hint at an upcoming outcome.

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Free verse

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Poetic style that lacks a regular meter or rhyme scheme.

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Imagery

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Vivid pictures created by words.

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Pronouns

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A word that can function as a noun phrase used by itself and that refers either to the participants in the discourse (e.g. I, you) or to someone or something mentioned elsewhere in the discourse (e.g. she, it, this).

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Sentence Types

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The way a sentence expresses itself through the four types.

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Sound devices

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A literary tool employed in verse plays, poetry, and prose to emphasize various sounds.

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Stanza

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Paragraphs in Poems

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Symbol

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A sign representing something other than itself

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Motif

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A symbol repeated throughout the text