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Poetry Vocab
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English
11th Grade
03/19/2013

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elision
Definition
the omission of an unstressed vowel, consonant, or syllable to preserve the meter of a poem
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alliteration
Definition
repetition of sounds at the beginnings of words
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stanza
Definition
a group of lines in a poem
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tactile
Definition
a type of imagery that appeals to a reader's sense of touch
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end stop
Definition
lines for which the sense/concept and grammar end at the end of the line
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consonance
Definition
repetition of consonant sounds
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gustatory
Definition
a type of imagery that appeals to a reader's sense of taste
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rhyme scheme
Definition
the pattern of rhyme in a poem
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quatrain
Definition
four lines of poetry focused on one idea or using a particular rhyme scheme
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enjambment
Definition
"run-on" lines, whose sense and grammar run into the next line
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metaphor
Definition
a comparison of two unlike things
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diction
Definition
word choice
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understatement
Definition
minimizing the severity of a topic
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visual
Definition
a type of imagery that appeals to the reader's sense of sight
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synecdoche
Definition
using a part to signify the whole
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inversion
Definition
reversal of standard syntax in a sentence
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personification
Definition
giving human qualities to non-human things
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metonymy
Definition
substituting an attribute of a thing for the thing itself
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couplet
Definition
two lines of poetry focused on a certain idea or following a certain rhyme scheme
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caesura
Definition
a pause in a line of poetry, often achieved by the use of punctuation
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hyperbole
Definition
exaggeration
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similie
Definition
the comparison of two unlike things using like or as
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auditory imagery
Definition
a type of imagery that appeals to a reader's sense of hearing
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tercet/triplet
Definition
three lines of poetry focused on a certain idea or following a certain rhyme scheme
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parallelism
Definition
repetition of the same structure at the beginning of consecutive lines
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assonance
Definition
repetition of vowel sounds
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syntax
Definition
the structure of words in a sentence or line of poetry
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olfactory imagery
Definition
a type of imagery that appeals to the reader's sense of smell
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scansion
Definition
determining and graphically representing the meter of a line of verse
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symbol
Definition
an object or action that represents something beyond itself
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