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English Final Vocabulary
Poetic Devices
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English
10th Grade
06/10/2007

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Imagery
Definition
Discription, Vivid Details
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Metaphor
Definition
Comparing 2 or more things not using like or as
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Alliteration
Definition
Repetion of constanent sounds at the begining of words
ex. jolly giant
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Mood/ Tone
Definition
The feeling of the emotion of the writting and that it creates
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Simile
Definition
Comparing 2 or more unlike things using like or as
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Assonance
Definition
Repition of vowel sounds
ex. letter read
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Personification
Definition
Inanimate object having or doing human like things
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Apostrophe
Definition
Speaker adresses something or someone that is not present
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Onomatopoeia
Definition
Sounds represented in words
ex. moo, oink, boom, bang
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Diction
Definition
Word choice/ Vocab
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Caesura
Definition
A pause/ break within a line of poetry, often in the middle of a line
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Hyperbole
Definition
Eaggeration or overstatement used to make a point
ex. raining cats a dogs, so hungry i could eat a horse
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Narration
Definition
How a story is told
Narration can be in:
1st person= I
2nd person= You
3rd person= He, She
3rd person can either be omniscient or limited
Omniscient is when the narrator knows everything about the story and the characters (thoughts/ moods)
Limited is when the narrator does not know everything
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Conflict
Definition
Problem/ Dilemma
Ex. Man vs. Man
Man vs. Society
Man vs. Himself
Man vs. Nature
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Theme
Definition
The main idea of moral lesson of a body of work
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Symbol
Definition
Something that represents something more complex then itself
Ex. Eagle= USA
Albatrosse= Rime of the Ancient Mariner
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Consonance
Definition
Repetition of constanant sounds without words between
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Allusion
Definition
Reference to another story, poem, ect.
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