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Poetic devices Flashcards

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Simile

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A comparison made using the words like or as

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Metaphor

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A comparison - made directly or indirectly - without using like or as

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Extended metaphor

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When the metaphor is continued throughout the poem

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Personification

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Giving humans characteristics to something which is not human

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Onomatopoeia

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Words which attempt to imitate sounds

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Alliteration

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A repetition of consonant sounds

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plosive

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b,p,t and d sounds - which can be harsh , aggresive or shocking .

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Sibilance

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Repeated s sound - most often caused by s , ss and c these can be harsh smooth or sickly

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Assonance

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A repetition of vowel sounds

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Anaphora

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A repetition of words , phrases or clauses

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Juxtaposition

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Two things being placed close together for contrasting effect.

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Oxymoron

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A figure of speech in which two contradictory things are placed together in a way which makes peculiar sense for example , friendly fire

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Semantic field

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A set of words relating to the same topic , foul and , shot would appear in the semantic field or sport

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Pathetic fallacy

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When a characters feelings , thoughts or emotions are displayed through the environment around them . For example when a character is depressed and its raining .

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Anachronism

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A person or object placed in a inappropriate time

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Cliche

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An overused phrase or saying

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Hyperbole

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Exaggeration

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Irony

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A use of words to mean something very different from what they appear to mean

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Rhyme

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The repetition of syllables - usually. At the ends of ones , but sometimes in the middle of a line ( called internal rhyme )

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Couplet

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A pair of rhyming lines which follow on from one another

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Stanza

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A group of lines separated from others in a poem

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Enjambment

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The running over of a sentence form one line to the next without a piece of punctuation at the end of the line .

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Caesura

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A stop or a pause in a line of poetry - usually caused by punctuation .

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Blank verse

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Poetry written in non rhyming Ten syllable lines

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Dramatic monologue

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A poem in which an imagined speaker address the reader

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Elegy

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A form of poetry which is about the death of its subject

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End stopped

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A Line of poetry ending in a piece of punctuation which results in a pause

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Epigraph

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A quotation from another text included in a poem

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Lyric

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An emotional , rhyming poem , most often describing the emotions caused by a specific event

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Ode

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A formal poem written to celebrate a people place object or a idea .

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Free verse

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Non , rhyming , non rhythmical poetry which follows the rhythms of natural speed

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Quatrain

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A four line stanza

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Sestet

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A six line stanza

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Sonnet

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A fourteen line poem , with variable rhyme scheme , usually on the topic of love for a person , object or situation

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Volta

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A Turing point in the line of thought or argument in poem

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Tone

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The poets attitude toward the poem speaker , reader and the subject matter , overall emotion

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Allegory

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A story , poem or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning

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Allusion

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An expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly

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Internal rhyme

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Rhyme that occurs within a line of poetry

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Cacophony

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Harsh , discordant sounds within a phrase or verse

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