Poetic Terms

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Alliteration

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The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of a group of words

Question 2

Assonance

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Similarity of vowel sounds in words that don’t completely rhyme

Question 3

Cacophony

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A harsh discordant mixture of sounds

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Onomatopoeia

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Formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named

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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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Analogy

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A comparison between one thing and another

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Connotation

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An idea/feeling which a word involved for a person in addition to its literal meaning

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Hyperbole

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Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally

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Irony

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Expression of ones meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite

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Juxtaposition

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The fact of 2 things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect

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Paradox

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A seemingly absurd/contradictory statement or proposition which when investigated may prove to be well founded or true

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Verse

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Writing arranged with a metrical rhythm, typically having a rhyme

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Stanza

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Group of lines forming the basic recurring metrical unit in a poem

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Rhyme scheme

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The ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of lines of a poem or verse

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Enjambment

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The continuation of a sentence with ought a pause beyond the end of a line,couplet or stanza

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Rhyming couplet

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A rhyming pair of successive lines of verse, typically not the same length

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Quatrain

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A stanza of four lines

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Sonnet

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A poem of 14 lines,I English usually has 10 syllables

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Pathetic fallacy

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The attribution of human feelings and responses is o inanimate things or animals

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Ballad

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A poem or song narrating a story in short stanzas

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Caesure

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A pause near the middle of a line

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Blank verse

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Verse without rhyme

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Refrain

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A repeated line or number of lines in a poem

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Internal rhyme

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A rhyme involving a word in the middle of a line and another at the end of the line or I the middle of the next