Poetry Terms Flashcards

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Assonance

A

the repetition of similar vowel sounds followed by different constant sounds especially in words that are together.

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Cacophony

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harsh un-harmoniums sounds

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Conceit

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comparing two things to each other that aren’t the same.

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Consonance

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the repetition of similar sounds.

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Euphony

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pleasing and soothing effects to the ear due to repeated vowels and smooth consonants.

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Paradox

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a statement or situation that may be true but seems impossible or difficult to understand because it contains two opposite facts or characteristics.

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Synechdoche

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a figure of speech in which a part of something stands for the whole.

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Heroic Couplet

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a rhyming couplet, or two lines of poetry, written in iambic pentameter

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Iambic Pentameter

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the five syllables

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Rhyme

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correspondence of sound between words or the endings of words, especially when these are used at the ends of lines of poetry.

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Alliteration

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the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.

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Enumeration

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the act or process of making or stating a list of things one after another.

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Metaphor

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a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.

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Imagery

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visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work.

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Repetition

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a literary device that involves using the same word or phrase over and over again in a piece of writing or speech.

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