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Literary Techniques
Poetry
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English
9th Grade
05/09/2007

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alliteration
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repetition of a speech sound in a sequense of words; term usually only applied to consonants and hen the recurrent sound occurs in a conspicuous position at th beginning either of a word or of a stressed syllable within a word; EXP: bright blue balloon
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assonance
Definition
correspondance of the accented vowels as in "main" and "straight"
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consonance
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the repetition at close intervals of the final consonant sounds of accented syllables or important words
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allusion
Definition
reference, without explicit identification, to a person, place, or event, or to another literary work
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atmosphere
Definition
(mood oram ambience) emotinal tonality pervading a section or the whole of a literary work
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blank verse
Definition
unrhymed lines of iambic pentameter (an iamb is a foot of meter that is an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllabale, and pentameter means that each line hase five feet)
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free verse
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(open form verse) poetic writing in which the rhythmic pattern is not organized into meter. Most free verse also has irregular units of stress pattern, we call it meter.
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meter
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in all speech we sense a rhythm (recognizable pattern of stresses). If this rhythm is structured into a recurrence of regular units of stress patter, we call it meter.
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eye (or sight) rhyme
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words whose endings are spelled alike but have different pronunciations
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internal rhyme
Definition
repetition of speech sounds that occurs within a line of verse
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slant rhyme
Definition
repetition of words with any kind of sound similarity at the ends of lines; generally a modern convention
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cacophony or dissonance
Definition
language which seems harsh, rough, and unmusical
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euphony
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language which strikes the ear as smooth, pleasant, and musical
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connotation
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the implied meaning of a word, as opposed to its denotation(literal meaning)
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enjambment
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run-on lines because the line has no natural speech pause at its end, allowing the sense to flow uninterruptedly
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hyperbole
Definition
a figure of speech that is a bold overstatement or extravagant exaggeration of fact or possibility
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image/imagery
Definition
a description of a sensory impression-a sight, sound, smell, taste, or touch
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irony
Definition
the use of words tro convey teh opposite of their literal meaning; or, when that which happens is the opposite of what one expects to happen
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synecdoche
Definition
a part of something is used to signify the whole, or the whole is used to signify the part. Ie: "all hans on deck" instead of calling people to the deck
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metaphor
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a word or expression which in literal usage denotes one kind of thing or action is applied to a distinctly different kind of thing or action. Ie: My love is a red rose.
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tenor
Definition
subject of that the metaphor is applied to
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vehicle
Definition
the object used as the metaphor itself
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simile
Definition
a comparison using "like" or "as"
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motif
Definition
a conspicuous element, such as a type of incident, device, etc., which occurs frequently in works of literature
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leitmotif
Definition
frquent repetition within a single work of a significant verbal or musical phrase, description, or complex or images
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onomatopoeia
Definition
the formation of words in imitation of natural sounds (exp: crack, plash, plop)
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oxymoron
Definition
figure of speech in which contradictory terms are brought sharply together
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paradox
Definition
a statement or expression seemingly absurd or contradictory to common understanding but that is, in fact, true
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personification
Definition
the figurative endowment of inanimate objects or qualities with human characteristics or personalities
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refrain
Definition
a repeated phrase or line
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syntax
Definition
teh arrangement and interrelationship of words (in a grammatical sense)
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sonnet
Definition
a lyric poem cobnsisting of a single stanze of fourteen iambic pentameter lines linked by an inticate rhyme scheme. There are two types: shakespearean and petrarchan
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petrarchan sonnet
Definition
octave(8 lines) rhyming ABBAABBA, follwed by sestet (6 lines) rhyming CDECDE
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shakespearean sonnet
Definition
three quatrains (4) and a concluding couplet, rhyming ABAB CDCD EFEF GG
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prose
Definition
everuday speaking; usually packed with imagery; EXP: toad
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juxtaposition
Definition
the comparison of two wildly different things in order to prove a point (oxymoron is one type)
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denotation
Definition
the dictionary literal meaning of a word
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diction
Definition
choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing
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epigraph
Definition
brief quote at beginning of piece of writing an it either helps suggest teh theme
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