Poetry Terms Flashcards
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Cacophony
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Harsh and ugly word sounds
1
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Assonance
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Repetition of vowel sounds
Ex: the school is cool
2
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Connotation
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Emotional association of a word
Ex: a gang of people
3
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Denotation
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Dictionary meaning of a word
4
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Couplet
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Two lines of poetry that belong together
5
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Figurative expression
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Using words out of normal meaning
Ex: he is hot
6
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Literal expression
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Using words for factual meaning
7
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Metonymy
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Calling a word by what it is closely associated with
Ex: the land belongs to the crown
8
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Parody
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Imitation of a serious piece of literature or song
9
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Rhythm
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Fixed pattern
10
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Onomatopoeia
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Words that resemble the sounds they make
Ex: the cow mooed
11
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Blank verse
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Unrhymed verse
12
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Rhyme scheme
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Last word in a line that rhymes
13
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Foot
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Combination of stressed and unstressed syllables
14
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Free verse
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No rhythm or rhyme
