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Literary Elements: Poetry
literary terms and definitions
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English
10th Grade
07/10/2007

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speaker
Definition
the voice that talks to the reader; may or may not be the writer/poet
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tone
Definition
the writer's attitude toward the subject
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simile
Definition
a comparison using connective words, such as like, as, resembles, than
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metaphor
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a direct comparison between two unlike things without connective word
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extended metaphor
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develops the comparison over several lines or even the whole poem
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imagery
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descriptive language that appeals to the readers' senses of sight, hearing, touch, smell, and taste
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figurative language
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word or expression that is not meant to be taken literally
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lyric
Definition
poetry that expresses the poet's emotions
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personification
Definition
type of metaphor; an object, animal, or idea that exhibits human qualities
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free verse
Definition
rhythm and rhyme without a regular pattern
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rhythm
Definition
a regular pattern of stressed & unstressed syllables in a line
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meter
Definition
a recurrent regular rhythm
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blank verse
Definition
unrhymed iambic pentameter
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rhyme
Definition
repetition of a final stressed vowel & succeeding sounds in two or more words
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end rhyme
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the most common type of rhyme; occurs at the end of the lines
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exact rhyme
Definition
words with identical sounds
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approximate rhyme, or slant rhyme
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words that sound similar but do not rhyme exactly
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internal rhyme
Definition
rhyme that occurs within the lines
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alliteration
Definition
repetition of the same or similar consonant sounds at the beginning of words
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assonance
Definition
repetition of similar vowel sounds within non-rhyming words
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consonance
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the repetition of similar consonant sounds within words or at the ends of words
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onomatopoeia
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use of a word whose sound imitates or suggests its meaning
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rhyme scheme
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the pattern formed by end rhymes in a poem; indicated by giving each new end sound a new letter of the alphabet
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couplet
Definition
pair of rhyming lines (one next to the other)
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ballad
Definition
a song or a song-like poem that tells a story
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refrain
Definition
repeated word, phrase, line, or group of lines
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connotations
Definition
feelings and meanings associated with a word or phrase
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diction
Definition
author's choice of words
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implied metaphor
Definition
indirect comparison, not stated
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