poetic devices Flashcards

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simile

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a comparison using like or as

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metaphor

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a figurative comparison that’s not literal

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alliteration

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repetition of two or more consonant sounds at the start of words in quick succession

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onomatopoeia

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a word here the sound is also the meaning etc crash

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personification

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applying human aspects to an inanimate object

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connotation

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an idea or feeling which a word invokes for a person in addition. to its literal or primary meaning

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symbol

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something that represents or stands for something else etc a dove symbolises peace

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assonance

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resemblance of sound between syllables of nearby words, arising particularly from the rhyming of two or more stressed vowels etc swEEping gEEse

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fricative alliteration

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sounds that create friction of breath (the letters f&v)

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plosive alliteration

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alliteration where the initial consonant sound is plosive (the letters p,t,k,b,d,g)

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sibilance

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a pattern of repeated soft sounds for affect (etc soft sea shells on the sea shore)

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motif

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a recurring idea or image

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semantic field

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a set of words grouped together that refer to a specific subject

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repetition

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the use of a repeating word, phrase, line or idea throughout a poem

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enjambment

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continuation of a sentence without a pause at the end of a line/stanza

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juxtaposition

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two things being seen or placed close together with a contrasting effect

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caesura

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a break between words usually in the middle of a line

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anaphora

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the whole, or part of, the opening line of the stanza and is repeated

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refrain

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a phrase, line, or group of lines repeated at intervals throughout a poem, generally at the end of the stanza

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end-stopped line

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a line that ends with a punctuation mark and whose meaning is complete

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tone

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the voice/attitude of the writer conveyed through the words/viewpoint

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rhyme

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the correspondence sounds of words

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stanza

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a section of a poem, also known as a verse

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couplet

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a paid of lines of a similar length that rhyme

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rhythm
a strong repeated pattern of sound
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pace
the speed of the poem
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poetic speaker
the ‘i’ of a poem, equivalent to the ‘narrator’ of a prose text
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dramatic monologue
a poem in the form of a speech or narrative by an imagined person, in which the speaker inadvertently reveals aspects of their character while describing a particular situation or series of events
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lambic pentameter
a line of verse with five metrical feet, each consisting of one short (or unstressed) syllable followed by one long (or stressed syllable) etc two households, both alike in dignity
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dactylic dimeter
a dactylic foot (known as a dactyl) has a king syllable followed by two short syllables etc half a league, half a league
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free verse
poetry in which the rhythm and rhyme does not repeat regularly
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sonnet
a poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, typically having ten syllables per line