Key terms (poetry specific)

Question 1

Tercet

Answer 1

Stanza consisting of three lines

Question 2

Anaphora

Answer 2

Repetition at the start of the line in poetry

Question 3

Enjambment

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A poetic technique, when a sentence/phrase runs over more then one line (stanza). Or assist the flow of the poem

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Metaphor

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Comparison of two objects where one becomes another - adds layers of meaning about object being compared

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Euphemism

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Mild expression used to replace a harsh one

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Irony

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A gap between what is said and what is meant

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Juxtaposition

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Layering images/sciences to have a dramatic impact

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Oxymoron

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Two opposing words out together (pretty ugly, deafening silence)

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Plosives

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B, P, D, T, K - harsh sounds

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Fricative

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The use of ‘f’ sound

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Sibilance

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Repetition of ‘s’ sound

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Simile

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Comparison of two objects using ‘like’ or ‘as’

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Syntax

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Short, simple sentences or truncated sentences create tension, haste or urgency.

Compound or complex sentences are slower

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Personification

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A particular way of looking at individuals, issues, events, texts, facts etc.
Giving an inanimate object human abilities

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Assonance

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Repetition of vowels sounds within sentences

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Allusion

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An indirect reference

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Foil

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A character who is in the opposite way to another one

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Motif

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A reoccurring image or idea that has a deeper meaning

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Allegory

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Text that has a different meaning beyond the literal one

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Iambic pentameter

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rhythm of a small beat followed by a long one (daDUM daDum)
the emphasis is one the second beat

Question 21

Blank verse

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non rhyming poetry, usually written in iambic pentameter

Question 22

Free verse

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a work of poetry that has no defined structure of form (e.g. no rhyme scheme)

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Anthropomorphism

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The attributions of human characteristics to animals

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Paradox

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A statement or proposition that seems to be false when it reality has a lot of truth

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Adjective

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a word that describes a noun

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Noun

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A place, person or thing

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Verb

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a ‘doing’ word

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Adverb

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A word that describe how a verb is done (often ends in ly)

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A compound word

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A word that is made from two parts and joined by a hyphen

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Monosyllabic

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Words or phrases contains one syllable

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Alliteration

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Words that have the first starting letter next to each other

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Volta

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the turning point in a poem

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Isolated stanza

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a one line stanza

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Incarcerating state

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A state of imprisonment (being trapped)

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Pathetic fallacy

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the weather of the setting is used to reflect the mood of the scene

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Caesura

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a pause or stop (indicated by punctuation) in the middle of a line

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Cyclical structure

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The poem ends and starts in the same way or similar way (there’s a connection)

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Auditory imagery

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Imagery that links to sound and noise

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Nomenclature

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a pattern of language

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Semantic field

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related theme consistent through out a text

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Asyndentic

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Words are joined without the use of a conjunction but commas instead