Poem Lit Terms

Question 0

Denotation

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Basic definition or dictionary meaning of a word

Question 1

Connotation

Answer 1

What a word suggests beyond it’s basic dictionary definition; a word’s overtones of meaning

Question 2

Simile

Answer 2

Comparison of two different things using like or as

Question 3

Metaphor

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Comparison of two different things

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Setting

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Context in time and place in which the action of a story occurs

Question 5

Diction

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style of speaking or writing as dependent upon choice of words: good diction.

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Imagery

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Representation through language of sense experience

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Personification

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A figure of speech in which human attributes are given to an animal, object, or concept

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Metonymy

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A significant aspect or detail or am experience is usual to represent the whole experience

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Symbol

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Something that means more than what it is

Question 10

Allegory

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A narrative or description that had a second meaning beneath the surface

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Paradox

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A statement or situation containing apparently contradictory or incompatible elements

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Overstatement

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Exaggeration is used in the service of truth

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Understatement

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Saying less than one means

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Verbal irony

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Said opposite of what meant

Question 15

Dramatic irony

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Reader knows more than character

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Situational irony

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In congruity between appearance and reality

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Tone

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Writer’s/speaker’s attitude toward subject

Question 18

Repetition

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Repeating of words or phrases

Question 19

Meter

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Regular patterns of accent that underlie metrical verse