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Poetry Flashcards

1
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composition in verse characterized by the use of condensed language chosen for its
sound and imagery – words are arranged in lines that have rhythm & sometimes rhyme

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Poetry

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2
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language expanded beyond literal meaning – uses comparisons to express fitting relationship between things essentially unlike – simile, metaphor, hyperbole, personification

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Figurative language

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3
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repeated consonant sounds at the beginning of words – creates word melody

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Alliteration

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4
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reference to person, event, or thing with cultural, religious, or historical significance.

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Allusion

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5
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repeated vowel sounds in words

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Assonance

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6
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repetition of consonant sounds at the end of words

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Consonance

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7
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exaggeration for meaning

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Hyperbole

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8
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comparison between things without using like or as

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Metaphor

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9
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words that imitate the sound of the associated action or object

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Onomatopoeia

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10
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contradictory terms placed side by side

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Oxymoron

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11
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giving human characteristics to nonhuman things

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Personification

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12
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comparison between things using like or as

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Simile

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13
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the author uses words and phrases to create “mental images” for the reader.

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Imagery

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14
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repeating words or phrases for emphasis

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Repetition

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15
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similar sounding words at the end or within a line of poetry

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Rhyme

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16
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When rhyming words are placed at the end of the lines in the

prose or poetry

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Rhyme scheme

17
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rhyme between a word within a line and another word either at
the end of the same line or within another line

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Internal rhyme

18
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regular rise & fall of sounds in poetry (the “beat” or pattern of
stressed and unstressed syllables) which suggest a poem’s action or mood

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Rhythm (meter)

19
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Any single line of poetry

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Verse

20
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A single , related chunk of lines in poetry

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Stanza

21
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underlying meaning of poem/story

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