Flashcards For Poetry Vocabulary

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Similie

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It is a method of comparison
Using the words ‘like or as’.

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Metaphor

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A figure of speech that describes an object or action in a way that isn’t literally true, but helps explain an idea or make a comparison.

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Caesura

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Is a metrical pause or break in a verse where one phrase ends and another phrase begins. It may be expressed by a comma (, ), a tick, or two lines, either slashed or upright.

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Enjambment

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It is a sentence in a poem ghat ‘goes over’ to the next line without any punctuation stopping it.

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Tone

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This is used to give a feeling using certain adjectives rhymes and pace.

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Tonal shift

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The mood determines if it is a comedy, tragedy, romance or drama. Within a story there are shifts in the tone as the story progresses. These tone shifts are what makes the story exciting.

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Iambic Pentameter

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Iambic pentameter is a rhythm structure, used most commonly in poetry, that combines unstressed syllables and stressed syllables in groups of five.

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Personification

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When you give an non-human object and human charicteristic.

E.G= The storm growled.

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Alliteration

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Alliteration is using two consecutive words to give a pace and feeling.

E.G= A pleasant park

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Ryhme scheme

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A rhyme scheme is the rhymes in a sentence that sound the same.

E.G=
What is this thing called a blazer.
I look like a dodgy stargazer.
It made me itchy.
It made me twitchy.
I look like i’m doing a fundraiser!

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Rhythm

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The rhythm can be describes as the beat or pace of a poem. This can indicate what people it isnfor and what emotions are shown.

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Onomatopoeia

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Onomatopoeia is making a word that resembles the noise that occured.

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Slang

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Slang is informal language.

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Colliquial language

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Everyday language or general parlance, is the linguistic style used for casual communication. It is the most common functional style of speech.

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Nonsensical language

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Gibberish, also called jibber-jabber or gobbledygook, is speech that is (or appears to be) nonsense. It may include speech sounds that are not actual words.

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Hyperbole

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Exaggerated statements.