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English Poetry - Grade 12 > Poetry Terminology > Flashcards

Poetry Terminology Flashcards

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Allegory

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uses symbolic elements to reveal a deeper meaning

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Anaphora

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a form of repetition, a word or phrase that repeats at the beginning of sentences/clauses

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Alliteration

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the repetition of consonants at the beginning of neighbouring words

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Assonance

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the repetition of vowel sounds

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Consonance

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the repetition of consonance

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Imagery

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appeals to the 5 senses by using descriptive language

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Metonomy

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a word or phrase is substituted with another that is closely associated with it

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Metaphor

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a comparison that asserts one thing as another

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Similie

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a comparision using “like” or “as”

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Oxymoron

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the combination of contradictory words to create a paradoxical effect

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Personification

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giving non-human things human characteristics

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Euphemisim

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speech that is more mild and less direct

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Hyperbole

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exaggeration used for emphasis

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Onomatopoeia

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a word’s pronunciation resembles its meaning

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Paradox

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a statement that is contradictory or defies logic

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Sonnet form

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14 lines, rhyme scheme, 3 quatrains, and a rhymed couplet

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Quatrain

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4 lines

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Couplet

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2 lines

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Stanza

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a block of lines that organize poems

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Theme

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the overall message of a piece of writing

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Speaker

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the voice/persona assumed by the poet

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Tone/mood

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tone: the author’s attitude toward the writing, mood: how the messgae is recieved emotionally

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Point of view

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the perspective in which a pirce of writing is written

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Iambic Pentameter

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5 pair of stressed and unstressed syllables, 10 syllables a line

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Dramatic monologue

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a speaker conveys messages to a silent or absent listener

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