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Poetry Techniques Flashcards

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What is a rhyming scheme?

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The lines of a poem that rhyme with each other. E.g. ABBA

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What is half rhyme?

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Words that almost rhyme.

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What is a metaphor?

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A metaphor is when one thing is compared to something else literally. E.g. she was a pig.

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What is a simile?

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A simile is when one thing is compared to something else figuratively, using the words like or as. E.g. She was like a pig.

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What is personification?

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Giving inanimate objects the characteristics of living things. E.g. the table flew across the room.

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What is hyperbole?

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Deliberately exaggerating to make a point. E.g. The class went on forever.

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What is metonymy?

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Describing something without mentioning the thing itself. E.g. The White House.

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What is synecdoche?

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Identifying something by a small part of the thing. E.g. “All hands on deck.”

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What is alliteration?

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Occurs when a number of words in close proximity start with the same sound or letter.

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What is assonance?

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Occurs when a number of words in close proximity contain similar vowel sounds.

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What is onomatopoeia?

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A word that sounds like the noise it describes. E.g. drip

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What is euphony?

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Euphony can be defined as any pleasing or agreeable combination of sounds.

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What is cacophony?

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Cacophony can be defined as any harsh, jarring or discordant combination of sounds.

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What is allegory?

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A story in which characters and events are symbols that stand for ideas about human life.

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What is allusion?

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Where a poem makes reference to another poem or text.

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What is anaphora?

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The repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of lines.

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What is antithesis?

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A figure of speech in which words with opposite meanings are balanced against each other.

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What is a ballad?

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A poem that tells a story. Ballads are traditionally rhymed ABAB.

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What is a beat?

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The rhythmic or musical quality of a poem.

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What is a couplet?

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A unit comprising of two lines.

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What is elegy?

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Poem written to lament the dead.

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What is an ellipsis?

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The omission of words whose absence does not impede the reader’s ability to understand expression.

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What is enjambment?

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When a single sentence is spread across two or more lines of verse.

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What is form?

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The structural components of a poem. E.g. stanza pattern, metre, syllable count etc. - as opposed to the content.

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What is free verse?

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Verse without formal metre or rhyming patterns.

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What is imagery?

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The mental pictures created by a piece of writing.

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What is internal rhyme?

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Rhyme that occurs within a single line of verse.

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What is irony?

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Something contrary or opposite to what is expected.

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What is neologism?

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The coining of new words.

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What is an oxymoron?

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Figure of speech containing two seemingly contradictory expressions, e.g. a happy funeral.

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What is a paradox?

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Seemingly absurd or contradictory statement which on closer examination, reveals an important truth.

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What is a pathetic fallacy?

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Occurs when human emotions or behaviours are attribute to the natural world.

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What is a pun?

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A humorous way of using a word or phrase so that more than one meaning is suggested. For example: ‘She’s a skilful pilot whose career has really taken off.’

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What is quatrain?

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A stanza comprising of four lines.

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What is a refrain?

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A line or phrase that recurs throughout a poem - especially at the end of stanzas.

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What is a sonnet?

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A fourteen line poem usually in iambic pentameters. Typically consists of an octet (eight lines) and sestet (six lines).

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