Poetry Key Terms Flashcards
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Simile
A figure of speech used to compair one thing to another
Metaphor
A word or phrase applied to an object to wich it is not literally
Caesura
A break between words within a metric foot
Enjambment
The continuation of a sentencewithout pause
Tone and tonal shift
Pertaining to or having tonality
Iambic pentameter
An unstressed stressed foot the most natural and common meter
Personification
Attributing phsycal characteristics to objects
Alliteration
The repitition of the same words
Rhyme scheme
Types of areas where you can put rhyming words
Rhythm
A steady beat
Repetition
Repiting of words
Onomatopeia
Words used to suggest activities
Slang
Words used that mean other like dope
Coliquial language
Informal words or phrases
Nonsensical language
Made up meaning less words
Hyperbole
Exageration of effects
