poetic techniques Flashcards
(43 cards)
Allegory
A short moral story
Alliteration
Use of the same consonant at the beginning of each word
Assonance
The repetition of similar vowels in successive vowels
Consonance
The property of sounding harmonious
Enjambment
Continuation from one line of verse into the next line
Imagery
The ability to form mental pictures of things or events
Metaphor
A figure of speech that suggests a non-literal similarity
Rhyme
Correspondence in the final sounds of two or more lines
Mood
A characteristic state of feeling
Tone
The distinctive property of a complex sound
Couplet
A stanza consisting of two successive lines of verse
Foreshadowing
The act of providing vague advance indications
Free verse
Poetry that does not rhyme or have a regular meter
Hyperbole
Extravagant exaggeration
Irony
Incongruity between what might be expected and what occurs
Literal
Limited to the explicit meaning of a word or text
Figurative
Not literal
Metonymy
Substituting the name of a feature for the name of the thing
Apostrophe
A mark used to indicate the omission of one or more letters
Narrator
Someone who tells a story
Speaker
Someone who expresses in language
Onomatopeia
Using words that imitate the sound they denote
Plot
A small area of ground covered by specific vegetation
A point of view
A mental position from which things are perceived
