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Faust- poetry terms
Poetry terms and definitions
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English
8th Grade
01/24/2011

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alliteration
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the repetition of consonant sounds in neighboring words
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allusion
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a reference to another work of literature
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assonance
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the repetition of vowel sounds in words that are close together
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simile
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a comparison between two unlike things, using a word such as like, as, than
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metaphor
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an imaginative comparison between two unlike things; one thing is said to be another thing. (no like or as)
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extended metaphor
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a metaphor that is extended or developed
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personification
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a figure of speech in which an object or animal is spoken of as if it had human feelings or thoughts
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free verse
Definition
poetry without a regular meter or rhyme
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idiom
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an expression peculiar to a particular language that means something different
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imagery
Definition
language that appeals to the senses
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meter
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a pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in poetry
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narrative poem
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a poem that tells a story
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onomatopoeia
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the use of words whose sounds imitate or suggest their meaning
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refrain
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a repeated sound, word, phrase, or group of lines
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rhyme
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the repetition of accented vowel sounds and all sounds following them in words that are close together in a poem
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end rhyme
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rhymes at the ends of lines
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internal rhymes
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rhymes within lines
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slant rhyme
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rhyme scheme
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to indicate the rhyme scheme of a poem
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stanza
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a group of consecutive lines in a poem that form a single unit
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symbol
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a person, place, or thing that has meaning in itself and stands for something beyond itself
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