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Poetry 1 Flashcards

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Alliteration

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the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of closely connected words. ie: sweet bird sang

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Allusion

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an implied or indirect reference to a person, event, or thing or to a part of another text.

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Apostrophe

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A direct adress. ie: oh my dagger, oh captain my captain

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assonance

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in poetry, the repetition of the sound of a vowel or diphthong in nonrhyming stressed syllables near enough to each other for the echo to be discernible. ie: His tender heir might bear his memory

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cacophony

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a jarring sound. ie: sh99T, b66tch

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consonance

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a figure of speech in which the same consonant sound repeats within a group of words. ie: same- home

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euphony

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Repeated longer volumes soft to the ears ie: shhhh

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Feminine rhyme

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More complex rhyme, multi syllable. ie: mother-other, ocean- motion

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hyperbole

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exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally

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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 in the middle of the next. ie: I drove myself to the lake / and dove into the water

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masculine rhyme

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simple rhyme. ie: cat-rat

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metaphor

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is a figure of speech that directly refers to one thing by mentioning another. ie: She’s got a heart of gold

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metonymy

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metaphor of subsitution. ie: pen is mighter than the sword, lend me your ears -attention

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onomatopoeia

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words thats only meaning is a sound ie: boom

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paradox

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A paradox is a logically self-contradictory statement or statement contrary to one’s expectation. ie: it was the beginning of the end

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personification

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the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form

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simile

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A simile is a figure of speech that directly compares two things. ie: brave as a lion

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synecdoche

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part to the whole or whole to the part. ie: nice wheels, US won the gold metal

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synesthesia

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blending of the senses. ie: silent sun, bitter cold, flower smell-> color

20
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understatement

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draws attention to a situation, emotion, characteristic, or character by purposefully downplaying the magnitude or intensity. ie: Tis but a scratch

21
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the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of closely connected words. ie: sweet bird sang

A

Alliteration

22
Q

an implied or indirect reference to a person, event, or thing or to a part of another text.

A

Allusion

23
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A direct adress. ie: oh my dagger, oh captain my captain

A

Apostrophe

24
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in poetry, the repetition of the sound of a vowel or diphthong in nonrhyming stressed syllables near enough to each other for the echo to be discernible. ie: His tender heir might bear his memory

A

assonance

25
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a jarring sound. ie: sh99T, b66tch

A

cacophony

26
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a figure of speech in which the same consonant sound repeats within a group of words. ie: same- home

A

consonance

27
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Repeated longer volumes soft to the ears ie: shhhh

A

euphony

28
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More complex rhyme, multi syllable. ie: mother-other, ocean- motion

A

Feminine rhyme

29
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exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally

A

hyperbole

30
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a rhyme involving a word in the middle of a line and another at the end of the line or in the middle of the next. ie: I drove myself to the lake / and dove into the water

A

internal rhyme

31
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simple rhyme. ie: cat-rat

A

masculine rhyme

32
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is a figure of speech that directly refers to one thing by mentioning another. ie: She’s got a heart of gold

A

metaphor

33
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metaphor of subsitution. ie: pen is mighter than the sword, lend me your ears -attention

A

metonymy

34
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words thats only meaning is a sound ie: boom

A

onomatopoeia

35
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A paradox is a logically self-contradictory statement or statement contrary to one’s expectation. ie: it was the beginning of the end

A

paradox

36
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the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form

A

personification

37
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A simile is a figure of speech that directly compares two things. ie: brave as a lion

A

simile

38
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part to the whole or whole to the part. ie: nice wheels, US won the gold metal

A

synecdoche

39
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blending of the senses. ie: silent sun, bitter cold, flower smell-> color

A

synesthesia

40
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draws attention to a situation, emotion, characteristic, or character by purposefully downplaying the magnitude or intensity. ie: Tis but a scratch

A

understatement

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