poetic techniques Flashcards
1
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alliterration
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repeated constanant sounds at the beginning of a sentence
2
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assonance
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repitition of idenical vowel sounds
3
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contrast
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closely arranged things with strikingly different characteristics
4
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enjambment
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run on lines
5
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emotive language
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words or phrases causing emotional responses
6
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hyperbole
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deliberate exaggeration
7
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imagery
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pictures painted by author
8
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metaphor
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comparason not using like or as
9
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onomatopoeia
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words that sound like their meaning
10
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mood
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atmosphere
11
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personification
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treat inanimate objects like they aren’t
12
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repetition
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repeat to show emphasis
13
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sibilance
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repeated s sound
13
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rhyme
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words with matching sounds
13
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rhythm
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beat of the poem
14
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tone
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voice of reader
14
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simile
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like as (compaison)
14
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sonnet
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14 line poem
14
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stanze
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verse
14
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symbol
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stands for something
14
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theme
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underling message of poem
