Poetry Terminologies

Question 1

Alliteration

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The repetition of consonant sounds in a series of words which feature phrase or verse line

Question 2

Ambiguity

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A word, situation or statement with 2 or more possible meanings leading to a deliberate confusion

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Assonance

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Repetition of identical vowel sounds in order to achieve a particular effect

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Caesura

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A pause in a line of poetry

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Connatation

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An implication or association attached to a word/phrase

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Couplet

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A two-line stanza

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End stopped lines

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A line of poetry with a pause/stop at the end

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Enjambment

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When a sentence/phrase runs over to the next line in the poem, without terminal punctuation

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Free verse

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Non-metrical/non-rhyming lines, whereby the poet does not adhere to any metrical rules in the composition

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Hyberbole

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An inflated exaggeration of truth

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Image

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The use of pictures, figures of speech and description to suggest ideas, feelings, objects and actions which create a vivid picture in your mind

Question 12

Internal rhyme

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Rhyming words within a line rather than at the end of lines

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Metaphor

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A direct/indirect comparison which points out a similarity without using words such as ‘like; or ‘as’ or ‘than’

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Onomatopoeia

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Sounds of words which mime or resemble the sounds of the object being described

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Oxymoron

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A figure of speech that describes the bringing together of contradicting words, such as ‘deafening silence’

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Personification

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The effect created when a non-human object/quality is written about as if it were a human being

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Pun

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Wordplay that uses two different words that spelled identically to deliver multiple meanings at once

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Quatrain

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A four-line stanza

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Refrain

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A recurring line/phrase, especially at the end of a verse

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Repetition

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Repeating a sound, a word, or a phrase for effect

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Rhyme

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The use of words with matching sounds, usually at the end of each line

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Rhyming couplet

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A pair of successive rhyming lines, that usually the same length

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Sibilance

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Repetition of ‘s’ or ‘sh’ sounds

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Simile

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Direct comparison of 2 objects with either ‘like’ or ‘as’ or ‘than’

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Stanza

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A group of lines/verse that separated from each other in a poem

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Symbol

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The use of something to represent something else, but on a deeper level

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Tercet

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A 3 line stanza

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Tone

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The feeling, mood, voice, attitude, manner or outlook of a piece of writing

Question 29

Plosives

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Strong, harsh sounds obtained at the start of a word in a piece of writing {ex: p,b,t,d,k,g}