Poetry terminology

Question 1

Poetic voice

Answer 1

the distinctive style of a poet that’s created by using specific words, techniques, and grammatical rules. It’s what makes a poem recognizable as the work of a particular poet.

Question 2

Metonymy

Answer 2

The substitution of a name of an attribute or adjunct for that of the thing meant - Hollywood used to describe the American film industry.

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Deictic centre

Answer 3

a reference point that gives meaning to deictic expressions.

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Paradox

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A seemingly absurd or contradictory statement or proposition which when investigated may prove to be well founded or true.

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Lexical intensity

Answer 5

a linguistic variable that refers to the degree to which a speaker’s attitude toward a concept differs from neutrality -best of all, or absolutely.

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Collocation

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The habitual juxtaposition of particular words that are often used together to create a specific meaning.

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Synaesthesia

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Nostalgia

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Idealism

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Realism

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Caesura

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Voiced phoneme

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Voiceless phoneme

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Phonoaesthetic

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Euphony

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Cacophony

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Stressed syllable

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Polysylabic

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Perspective

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Figurative language

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Stanza

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Metaphor

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Simile

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Alliteration

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Onomatopoeia

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Assonance

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Metre

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Adjectives

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Pronouns

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Material verbs

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Semantic field

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Lexis

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Idiolect

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Diphthong

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Hyperbole

Question 36

Word play