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Sprague Poetry Terms
Sprague Poetry terms
29
English
12th Grade
10/18/2008

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Anapest
Definition
(unstressed – unstressed – stressed)
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Aural
Definition
Pertaining to hearing
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Dactyl
Definition
(stressed – unstressed – unstressed)
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Diction
Definition
Word choice
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Dramatic Monologue
Definition
Poem in which speaker addresses a silent listener
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Elision
Definition
Omission of unstressed vowel to preserve meter
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Figurative Language
Definition
Non-literal expressions
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Gustatory
Definition
Pertaining to taste
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Hyperbole
Definition
Over-exaggeration
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Iams
Definition
(unstressed – stressed)
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Image
Definition
A concrete representation of a sense expression
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Imagery
Definition
A pattern of related details in a poem
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Litotes
Definition
An understatement
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Metaphor
Definition
"An implied, less restricted comparative suggestion"
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Metaphorical Imagery
Definition
A concrete representation of a sensory image
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Metonymy
Definition
A comparison substituting an attribute of the thing for the thing itself
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Olfactory
Definition
Pertaining to the sense of smell
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Personification
Definition
Endowing inanimate objects with abstract objects or animate characteristics
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Pyrrhic
Definition
(unstressed – unstressed)
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Rhyme Scheme
Definition
The pattern of end rhymes in a poem
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Simile
Definition
A direct comparison using an explicit verbal cue
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Spondee
Definition
(stressed – stressed)
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Synecdoche
Definition
A comparison with a part representing the whole
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Tactile
Definition
Pertaining to touch
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Trochee
Definition
(stressed – unstressed)
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Visual
Definition
Pertaining to sight
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Assonance
Definition
Repetition of vowel sounds within words
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Alliteration
Definition
The repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of words
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Consonance
Definition
Repetition of consonant sounds in the middle or at the end of words
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