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Poetry Terms Flashcards

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Alliteration

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The repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of two or more words

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Hyperbole

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An overstatement or exaggeration

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Litotes

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An understatement

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Metaphor

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A figure of speech which compares two things without using like or as

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Simile

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A figure of speech comparing two things without using like or as

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Dissonance

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Language which is rough, harsh and unmusical in sound

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Free Verse

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A type of poetry without a fixed pattern

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Figurative

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Figures of speech and word combination that go beyond literal meanings

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Metonymy

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A figure of speech in which one term is substituted for another which is closely related

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Denotative

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Facts and information understood and directly stated

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Oxymoron

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Placing two words side by side that appear contradictory but actually make sense

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Paradox

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A statement that appears contradictory but actually makes sense

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Allusion

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A reference to a person place or event

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Assonance

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Repetition of values

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Synechdoche

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Using a part to represent a whole

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Consonance

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Repetition of consonant sounds

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Tone

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The author’s attitude

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Mood

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The feeling or emotional state created in the reader through the writers use of descriptive detail

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Narrative

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Poetry that tells a story

20
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Irony

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Appearance versus Reality

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Personification

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Giving human qualities to inanimate objects or ideas

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Juxtaposition

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A group of words that contrast

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Anithesis

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2 words that contrast

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Apostrophe

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A figure of speech in which the absent are addressed if present, or the inanimate thought inanimate

25
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What is the Acronym for analyzing poetry?

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tpcastt

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T

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Title

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P

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Paraphrase

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C

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Connotation (figures of speech)

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A

A

Attitude (tone + or -)

30
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S

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Shift (but, so, thus, then now0

31
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T

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Title

32
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T

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Theme (what they are trying to say about life)

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