Poetic Terms

Question 1

When the last words of the line of a poem end with the same letters or sounds similar to each other.

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End Rhyme

Question 2

Repeating the same word or phrase

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Repetition

Question 3

When you have repetition of sounds at the beginning of the word in two or more words in a line.

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Alliteration

Question 4

The repetition of the same or similar vowel inside a line of poetry, not at the end.

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Assonance

Question 5

The repetition of the same consonant sound, made by consonants. Consonant sounds make appearances in the beginning, middle, or end of a word inside a line of poetry. When words with this characteristic appear in quick succession they create consonance.

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Consonance

Question 6

The beat, a pattern that the poem has to make it to sound good. it could be slow, medium or fast (depending on the poem).

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Rhythm

Question 7

When someone refers to the mood they are talking about the atmosphere of the setting, the feeling that the author gives off in the verse.

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Tone/mood

Question 8

Sound in a poem is a sound that is harsh and sharp. The sound is not always pleasant, for example a cacophonic sound is metal grating on metal, or a loud street.

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Cacophonic

Question 9

This is a pleasant and harmonic sound that can be found. For example, a symphony or a song can be seen as euphonic.

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Euphonic

Question 10

Formed when there is a vocal imitation of a sound related when mentioning a thing or action.

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Onomatopoei

Question 11

When a hissing, menacing sound is made within a group of words through repeated “s”, “sh”, “th” “f” “z” and “v” sounds.

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Sibilance

Question 12

The structure/shape of the poem.

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Form

Question 13

A group of lines put together to form a paragraph in a poem.

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Verse/Stanza

Question 14

When poetry is given no strict meter or rhyme scheme it is named as a free verse. The lines of a free verse poetry can be of any length.

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Free Verse

Question 15

The continuation of a sentence or phrase from one poetic line to the next, without the ending punctuation.

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Enjambment

Question 16

A break or interruption in the form of the poem. For example, a sentence that was interrupted by another or cut off, usually for emphasis.

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Caesura

Question 17

Occurs when a figurative language is used to represent objects, action, and ideas to interest our physical senses and create a visual representation for our minds or a mental picture.

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Imagery

Question 18

When we use abstract things to refer to something without saying it. A direct comparison.

For example: she is a shining star.

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Metaphor

Question 19

A comparison that uses the words like or as to compare.

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Simile

Question 20

The literal or primary meaning of a word, instead of a symbolic meaning.

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Denotation

Question 21

The idea that a word or phrase would provoke instead of its actual meaning. Reading between the lines.

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Connotation

Question 22

When you tell something bad in a nicer way. When you try to make something bad sound less dramatic. Often used for death and sex.

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Euphemism

Question 23

Deliberate exaggeration for an effect.

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Hyperbole

Question 24

A named reference the author makes to something else. Like for example to literature, mythology, a famous person, a place, a historical event or a piece of music.

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Allusion

Question 25

The act of giving something that is non-human a human characteristic(s).

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Personification

Question 26

A word that can be a person, an action, an object, a color, or a location that represents something beyond its literal meaning. Can be used to give a positive or negative power to the word and its meaning in the story.

Different colors and settings can also be used

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Symbolism

Question 27

The expression of a meaning, while saying the opposite of the phrase or sentence.

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Irony

Question 28

A way to suggest two different meanings or different associations.

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Pun

Question 29

A figure of speech where the terms used directly contradict each other when placed together, thus creating a new interesting image.

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Oxymoron

Question 30

A statement that seems contradictory but if you examine it closely, you can see it may contain a basic or underlying truth.

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Paradox

Question 31

In literature, there are three primary modes of persuasion, ——– being one of them is used to express feelings for the audience to relate to. It is the creation of a feeling of pity..

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Pathos

Question 32

It is to turn something dramatic into something ridiculous or trivial. It can be done intentionally or unintentionally. An anticlimax when nothing happens.

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Bathos

Question 33

It is when the weather matches the mood.

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Pathetic Fallacy