Poetry Terms Flashcards
Alliteration
The repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of two or more words
Hyperbole
An overstatement or exaggeration
Litotes
An understatement
Metaphor
A figure of speech which compares two things without using like or as
Simile
A figure of speech comparing two things without using like or as
Dissonance
Language which is rough, harsh and unmusical in sound
Free Verse
A type of poetry without a fixed pattern
Figurative
Figures of speech and word combination that go beyond literal meanings
Metonymy
A figure of speech in which one term is substituted for another which is closely related
Denotative
Facts and information understood and directly stated
Oxymoron
Placing two words side by side that appear contradictory but actually make sense
Paradox
A statement that appears contradictory but actually makes sense
Allusion
A reference to a person place or event
Assonance
Repetition of values
Synechdoche
Using a part to represent a whole
Consonance
Repetition of consonant sounds
Tone
The author’s attitude
Mood
The feeling or emotional state created in the reader through the writers use of descriptive detail
Narrative
Poetry that tells a story
Irony
Appearance versus Reality
Personification
Giving human qualities to inanimate objects or ideas
Juxtaposition
A group of words that contrast
Anithesis
2 words that contrast
Apostrophe
A figure of speech in which the absent are addressed if present, or the inanimate thought inanimate
What is the Acronym for analyzing poetry?
tpcastt
T
Title
P
Paraphrase
C
Connotation (figures of speech)
A
Attitude (tone + or -)
S
Shift (but, so, thus, then now0
T
Title
T
Theme (what they are trying to say about life)
