Poetry Terms

Question 1

is a literary device where words begin with letters belonging to the same sound group. Whether it is the consonant sound or a specific vowel group, the alliteration involves creating a repetition of similar sounds in the sentence.

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Alliteration

Question 2

refers to repetition of sounds produced by vowels within a sentence or phrase.

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Assonance

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is repetitive sounds produced by consonants within a sentence or phrase.

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Consonance

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is a form of language in which writers convey something other than the literal meaning of their words.

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Figurative language

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is a literary device wherein the author uses specific words and phrases that exaggerate and overemphasize the statement in order to produce an exaggerated, more noticeable effect. The purpose of hyperbole is to create a larger-than-life effect and overly stress a specific point.

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Hyperbole

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is when the author uses words and phrases to create “mental images” for the reader.

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Imagery

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is rhyme between a word within a line and another word either at the end of the same line or within another line.

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Internal rhyme

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is a figure of speech that compares two subjects without the use of “like” or “as.” While a simile states that one thing is like another, a metaphor states that one thing is the other.

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Metaphor

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is the emotional feeling or atmosphere that a work of literature produces in a reader.

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Mood

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Is a poem that tells a story

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Narrative poem

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is the use of words to imitate the actual sound they represent.

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Onomatopoeia

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is a figure of speech in which a thing, an idea or an animal is given human attributes.

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Personification

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a pattern of rhyming words placed at the end of the lines in the prose or poetry.

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Rhyme scheme

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is the repetition of stressed (/) and unstressed (x) syllables

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Rhythm

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is a literary device in which the repetition of the same or similar sounds occurs in two or more words, usually at the end of lines in poem.
Example: You’re a poet and you didn’t know it.

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Rhyme

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is a comparison between two unlike things through the use of connecting words, usually “like” or “as.”

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Simile

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is a single, related chunk of lines in poetry.

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Stanza

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is the topic or focus for the entire literary piece.

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Theme

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is the attitude of the writer toward the subject.

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Tone

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is any single line of poetry.

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Verse