Pre AP Poetry
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josephwilson on February 26, 2012
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Poetry Term Review
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Mr. Wilson's English Pre-AP Class 3B, Mr. Wilson's English Pre-AP Class 1B
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Apostrophe | a technique by which a writer addresses an inanimate object, an idea, or a person who is either dead or absent. |
| Metaphor | a figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity |
| Simile | a figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed with 'like' or 'as') |
| Metonymy | A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it |
| Oxymoron | a figure of speech that combines two contradictory terms |
| Paradox | A statement that appears self-contradictory but that reveals a kind of truth (expresses the complexity of life) |
| Personification | A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes |
| Synecdoche | A figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole (as hand for sailor), the whole for a part (as the law for police officer), the specific for the general (as cutthroat for assassin), the general for the specific (as thief for pickpocket), or the material for the thing made from it (as steel for sword). |
| Rhyme | be similar in sound, especially with respect to the last syllable |
| Assonance | the repeated use of vowel sounds, as in, "Old king Cole was a merry old soul." |
| Consonance | the repetition of consonant sounds within or at the end of a word, e.g., east, west, best, test, trust, burst |
| Alliteration | use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse |
| Meter | a pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in poetry |
| Onomatopoeia | a figure of speech in which natural sounds are imitated in the sounds of words. Simple examples include such words as buzz, hiss, hum. |
| Rhythm | the arrangement of spoken words alternating stressed and unstressed elements |
| Octave | a rhythmic group of eight lines of verse |
| Volta | the shift or point of dramatic change in a poem |
| Shift | In writing, a movement from one thought or idea to another; a change. |
| Sestet | a rhythmic group of six lines of verse |
| Quatrain | a stanza of four lines |
| Couplet | two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme |
| End Rhyme | a word at the end of one line rhymes with a word at the end of another line |
| Foot | a group of 2 or 3 syllables forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm |
| Run-on Line | line of poetry that does not end with a punctuation mark |
| End-Stopped line | a line of poetry that ends with a punctuation mark |
| Petrarchan Sonnet | Italian 14 line poem comprised of an octave and sestet; a, b, b, a, a, b, b, a, c, d, e, c, d, e |
| Italian Sonnet | another name for a Petrarchan sonnet |
| Elizabethan Sonnet | *Shakespearean *sonnet consists of 3 quatrains followed by a couplet |
| English Sonnet | Three four-line stanzas and a couplet, rhymed abab cdcd efef gg. |
| Shakespearean Sonnet | English Sonnet |
| Haiku | a major form of Japanese verse, written in 17 syllables divided into 3 lines of 5, 7, and 5 syllables, and employing highly evocative allusions and comparisons, often on the subject of nature or one of the seasons. |
| Organic Free Verse | poetry that takes shape freely, largely based on content, as with free verse |
| Blank Verse | unrhymed verse (usually in iambic pentameter) |
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