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Poetry Theory Flashcards

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1
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Define: Prose

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A Sentence or writing in paragraph form

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Define: Verse

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Poetry
(Definite line endings)

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Define: Simile

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A comparison of two unlike things USING like or as
eg. Her eyes were AS lovely AS a summers breeze

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Define: Metaphor

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A comparison of two unlike things NOT using like or as
eg. Her ocean blue eyes

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5
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Define: Personification

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Giving something non-human, human characteristics

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Define: Oxymoron

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Words or phrase that contradict

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Define: Paradox

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A statement that contradicts

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Define: Allusion

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An indirect reference to a famous person, place, thing, or event
eg. Hitler

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Define: Apostrophe

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Directly speaking to someone or something in a line of poetry
eg. Tom, I love you OR Rain, when will you come?

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Define: Pun

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A play-apon word in which has three possible forms
-A word with two different meanings
-Similarity of meaning in two words that are homonyms
-Two words pronounced and spelled similarly but have different meanings
eg. “The dead father will restrict his will a living daughter”
-Will-Written documents, desires

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Define: Metonymy

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One word is a direct substitute for another
eg. Home boys/Homies

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Define: synecdoche

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Part represents a whole
eg. I miss your lovely eyes

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Define: Free verse

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A poem that has no rhyme or rhythm

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Define: Hyperbole

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An extreme exageration
eg. I will die without you

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Define: Onomatopoeia

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Words sound suggests its meaning
eg. Crackle, boom, pow, etc

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Define: Symbolism

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Something represents something else
eg. heats represents love OR Guns represent violence

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Define: Denotation

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Dictionary definition of a word
eg. Red- colour OR home- where someone lives

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Define: Connotation

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The implied meaning of a word
eg. red is associated with passion, speed, danger, etc

19
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Define: Juxtaposition

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Placing two or more unrelated terms side by side
eg. Macaroni; gym shoes

20
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Define: Alliteration

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Repetition of a similar or constant sound at the begging of the word
eg. Bob boasted about being brave

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Define: Assonance

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Repetition of a similar vowel in a line of poetry
eg. Grave mistake

22
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Define: Cononanse

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Repetition of a similar constant sounds in a line of poetry
eg. Kit submitted a late assignment

23
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Define: Imagery

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Figurative language using the five senses to create metaphor’s, similes, personification, and vivid descriptions to produce a mental picture.

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Define: Repetiton

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Repeating words, phrases, lines or stanzas for four possible reasons:
1. Rhyme
2. Rhythm
3.Emphasis
4. Continuity

25
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Define: Refrain

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Lines of poetry in which repeat at regular intervals within the poem
eg. A chorus in a song

26
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Define: Stanza

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A group of lines separated by a line space for four possible reasons:
1.Rhyme
2.Rhythm
3.Emphasis
4. Different Ideas

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Define: Rhyming couplet

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Two lines which end in rhyme

28
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Define: Quatrix

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Four line stanza

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Define: Sestet

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Six line stanza

30
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Define: Octave

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Eight line stanza

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Define: Rhyme

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Similar sounds in a words positioned closely together

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Define: Beginning rhyme

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The rhyme occurs at the beginning of two or more lines
eg. Gladly, well sing OR Madly, well rove

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Define: Internal rhyme

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The rhyme occurs within a single line
eg. The health and wealth diminished in the nation

34
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Define: End rhyme

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The rhyme occurs at the end of two or more lines (The most common type of rhyme)

35
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Define: Rhyme scheme

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An alphabetical labelling system used to describe the rhyming pattern in a poem

36
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Define: Persona

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The character who narrates the poem and is NOT the author
In creating the poem, the author creates a speaker who is someone other than them self

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Define: Rhythm

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A recurrent beat or stress of the lines

38
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Define: Mood

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The feeling the reader gets from reading the work

39
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Define: Tone

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The writers attitude toward the subject and the audience

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