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Poetic Terms
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9th Grade
05/22/2011

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Stanza
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A recurring pattern of two or more lines of verse; poetry's equivalent to the paragraph in prose.
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Form
Definition
The means by which a literary work conveys its meaning
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Tone
Definition
The attitude toward a subject conveyed in literary work
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Allusion
Definition
A brief reference in a text to a person, place or thing-fiction or actual
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Denotation
Definition
The literal, dictionary meaning of a word
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Connotation
Definition
An association or additional meaning that a word, image, or phrase may carry
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Simile
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A comparison of two things, indicated by some connective. ex: like, as, than
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Metaphor
Definition
A statement that one thing is something else, which in a literal sense it is not
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Personification
Definition
A figure of speech in which a thing or an animal is endowed with human characteristics
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Apostrophe
Definition
A direct address to someone or something
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Hyperbole
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Exaggeration used to prove a point
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Irony
Definition
A literary device in which the use of words is the opposite of what one really intends
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Rhyme
Definition
Two or more words that sound alike.
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End Rhyme
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A rhyme that occurs at the end of lines rather than within them
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Internal Rhyme
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Rhyme that occurs within a line of poetry
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Euphony
Definition
A pleasing or sweet sound
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Cacophony
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A harsh, discordant sound usually mirroring the meaning of the context in which it is used.
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Alliteration
Definition
The repetition of two or more consonant sounds in successive words in a line or prose
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Assonance
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The repetition of two or more vowel sounds in successive words in a line of prose, which creates a kind of rhyme
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Onomatopoeia
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A literary device that attempts to represent a thing or action by the word that imitates the sound associated with it
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Caesura
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A pause within a line of verse
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Enjambment
Definition
the running on from line to line without a pause
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pace
Definition
speed of a line
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Gustatory
Definition
the sense of taste in a poem
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Olfactory
Definition
sense of smell in poem
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Tactile
Definition
sense of touch in a poem
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