poetry vocab

Question 1

poetry written without rhymes but which retains a set metrical pattern, usually in iambic pentameter

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blank verse

Question 2

a person place thing or event that has meaning in itself and also that stands for something more than itself

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symbol

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calling out to and imaginary, dead or absent person or to a place or thing or a personified abstract idea

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apostrophy

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any artificial device or coincidence used to bring about a convenient and simple solution to a plot

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duex ex machina

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a quote or aphorism at the beginning of a literary work suggestive of the theme

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epigraph

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a type of comedy in which ridiculous and often stereotypical characters are involved in silly far fetched situations

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farse

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a form of understatement in which the positive form is emphasized through negation of a negative form (ex ferris buler

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liotes

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sentence which uses a conjunction with NO commas to seperate (x and y and z)

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polysyndeton

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the intentional use of fancy language to describe the trivial or commonplace or a sudden transition from a significant thought to a trivial on for a humorous or satiric effect

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anti climax

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the substitution of an comfortable or inoffensive expression to replace one that might offend or suggest something unpleasant

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euphemism

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when the intended meaning of a statement differs from the apparent meaning

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verbal irony

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in poetry a type of rhetorical balance in which the second part is syntactically balanced against the first (flowers are lovely, love is flower like)

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chiasmus

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deliberately suggesting two or more different and sometimes conflicting meanings in a work

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ambiguity

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a compound word or phrase substituted for the usual name of a person or thing (whale road for ocean)

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kenning

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poetic and rhetorical device in which normally unassociated ideas words or phrases are placed next to each other creating an effect of surprise or wit

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juxtaposition

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unpleasant sounds in the jarring juxtaposition of harsh letters or syllables which are grating to the ear, usually inadvertent but sometimes deliberately used in poetry for effect

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cacophony

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a sudden emotional breakdown or climax that consists of overwhelming feelings of great pity sorrow laughter or any extreme change in emotion

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caltarsis

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a figure of speech in which a part represents the whole (if you don’t drive properly you will lose your wheels)

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synecdoche

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i command used without conjunction to seperate a series of words thus emphasizing the parts equally (a,b,c, instead or a, c and b)

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asyndeton

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a word or phrase often a figure of speech that has become lifeless because of overuse

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cliche

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repetition of a word, phrase or clause at the beginning of two or more sentences i. a row

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anophora

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story or peon in which characters settings and events stand for other people or events or for abstract ideas or qualities

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allegory

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the use of language to evoke a picture or a concrete sensation of a person thing place or experience

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imagery

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device of repetition in which the same expression is repeated at the end of two or more lines clauses or sentences

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apistrophy

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a figure of speech in which a person place or thing is referred to by something closely associated with it (ex the crown

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metonymy

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the repetition of similar vowels sounds followed by different consonants sounds especially in words that are together (do not go gentle into that good night

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assonance

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a figure of speech that combines opposite terms is a brief phrase (jumbo shrimp)

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oxymoron

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the narrator in a non first person novel the authors creation and the voice through which the author speaks

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persona

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in drama the presentation of essential information regarding what has occurred prior to the beginning of the play

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exposition

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the repetitions of sounds patterns that create a rhyme in poetry

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meter