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Poetry Terms Flashcards

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Alliteration

A

occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of words

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Anecdote

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a short and amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person

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Apostrophe

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exclamatory passage in a speech or poem addressed to a person

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Assonance

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the repetition of the sound of a vowel

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Blank Verse

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verse without rhyme

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Cliche

A

phrase or opinion that is overused

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Consonance

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agreement or compatibility between opinions or actions

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Dialect

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language that is peculiar to a specific region or social group

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Dialogue

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conversation between two or more people

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Enjambment

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continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line

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Figurative Language

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words or expressions with a meaning that is different from the literal interpretation

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Free Verse

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poetry that does not rhyme or have a regular meter

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Hyperbole

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exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally

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Imagery

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visually descriptive or figurative language

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Irony

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expect one thing but something else happens

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Metaphor

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word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable

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Meter

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rhythm determined by the number and length of feet in a line

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Mood

A

a temporary state of mind or feeling

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Oxymoron

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“the same difference”

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Personification

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giving an object human life qualities

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Simile

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describing two things using “like” or “as”

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Symbol

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something that represents something else

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Tone

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attitude of the character

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Onomatopiea

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name of the object that makes the same noise

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Rhyme Scheme

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patterns of rhyme at the end of each line in a poem

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Rhythm

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expressed through stressed and unstressed syllables

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Alliteration

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occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of words in a phrase

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