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Poetry Techniques Flashcards

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Adverb

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Word which describes a verb

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Adjective

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Word describes a noun

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Alliteration

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Repetition of consonants at the beginning of words

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Allusion

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A reference to a person or event

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Ambiguity

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A unclear or double meaning

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Antithesis

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Sharply contrasting ideas

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Assonance

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The repetition of vowel sounds within words to gain special effects

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Asyndeton

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The absence of a connective when expected

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Aural imagery

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Sound imagery

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Blank verse

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Verse written in iambic pentameters

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Iambic pentameter

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Ten syllables in a line following an unstressed/ stressed pattern

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Caesura

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A brief pause in a line of punctuation, marked by punctuation

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Cliche

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A phrase which has ceased to have much meaning through overuse

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Coinage

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Invented word

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Colloquialism

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A form of expression in common conversation

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Connotation

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The associations of a word

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Consonance

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The repetition of consonant sounds within words to gain effect

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Denotation

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The direct meaning of a word or expression

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End-stopped

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A line of poetry that has punctuation at the end of it

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Line enjambement

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When a line of poetry carries over to the next line without punctuation

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Preposition

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The relationship between two words

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Euphemism

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The use of a more pleasant form of words to describe something unpleasant

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Figurative

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The language is metaphorical

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Form

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The type of verse

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Free verse

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Poetry which does not conform to set stanzas or rhyme schemes

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Gustatory imagery

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Taste imagery

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Hyperbole

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Intentional exaggeration a to emphasise a point

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Infer

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To deduce

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Literal

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This is the everyday and concrete meaning of words

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Metaphor

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A comparison where one thing is described in terms of another - “a blanket of snow”

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Metre

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The rhythmic structure of a line or lines of poetry

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Feet

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The metre of verse

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Mood

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The overall emotion

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Noun

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Naming word

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Olfactory imagery

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Imagery relating to smell

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Onomatopoeia

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The use of words that echo their waning in their sound

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Oxymoron

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A paradox in miniature - “ bittersweet”

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Paradox

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A statement that seems contradictory - “ I can resist anything but temptation”

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