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Poetry Terms and Literary Devices Flashcards

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What is poetry?

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“Literary work in which special intensity is given to the expression of feelings and ideas… BY STYLE AND RHYTHM

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“Literary work in which special intensity is given to the expression of feelings and ideas… by style and rhythm.”

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Poetry

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What is a line?

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A group of words that make up a row of a poem.

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A group of words that make up a row of a poem.

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Line

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What is a stanza?

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A grouping of lines separated from others in a poem… “paragraphs”

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A grouping of lines separated from others in a poem… “paragraphs”

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Stanza

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What is a quatrain?

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A four-line stanza

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What is a sestet?

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A six-line stanza

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What is an octave?

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An eight-line stanza

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What is a couplet?

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A two-line stanza in which the lines typically rhyme

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What is a tercet?

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A three-line stanza, typically rhyming

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What is a refrain?

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A phrase or line repeated at intervals within a poem

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What is a phrase or line repeated at intervals within a poem?

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A refrain

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What is enjambment?

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The running-over of a sentence or phrase from one line to the next without punctuation

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The running-over of a sentence or phrase from one line to the next without punctuation

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Enjambment

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What is an end-stopped line?

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A line with a pause at the end, ending with a
“. , : ; ? !”

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What is rhythm?

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An audible pattern in verse established by the intervals between stressed syllables.

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An audible pattern in verse established by the intervals between stressed syllables.

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Rhythm

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What is rhyme scheme?

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The ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of lines

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What is tone?

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The POET’S attitude towards the poem’s subject matter or audience

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What is mood?

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The feelings/emotions of the READER based on the poem

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The POET’S attitude towards the poem’s subject matter or audience

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Tone

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The feelings/emotions of the READER based on the poem

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Mood

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What is onomatopoeia?

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A word that imitates the sound it represents

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A word that imitated the sound it represents

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Onomatopoeia

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When a writer gives human qualities to animals or objects

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Personification

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What is personification?

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When a writer gives human qualities to animals or objects

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What is alliteration?

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The repetition of the same letter at the beginning of words

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What is symbolism?

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When something represents more than its literal meaning

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What is a paradox?

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Something true which at first seems contradictory, such as “a brave coward”

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Something true which at first seems contradictory, such as “a brave coward”

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Paradox

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What is hyperbole?

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An obvious exaggeration

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What is a simile?

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An comparison using the words like or as

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What is a metaphor?

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A comparison WITHOUT using the words “like” or “as”, it just “is”

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What is an allusion?

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A reference to a famous historical/literary event or figure.

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What is imagery?

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When an author uses the five senses to describe

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What is an idiom??

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an expression with a meaning different from the literal meaning of the words “cold feet”

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an expression with a meaning different from the literal meaning of the words “cold feet”

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Idiom

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What is an oxymoron?

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Two opposite terms that appear next to each other “bright night”

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What is cliche?

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An overused expression

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What is a pun?

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A humorous play on words, with double meanings

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What is anaphora?

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The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, or lines: “I wish I may, I wish I might”

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The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, or lines

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Anaphora

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What is rhyme?

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Use of the same or similar sounds in two or more words, usually at the end of lines

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