| Term | Definition |
|---|
| metaphor | direct comparison |
| simile | indirect comparison |
| alliteration | repetition of initial identical consonant sounds |
| catalogue | an extended list |
| iteratio | simple repetition of words |
| pleonasm | creating a new word |
| portmanteau | squish two words together to make a new one |
| metonymy | using 1 object to stand for another to which it is closely related |
| synechdoche | part represents the whole |
| personification | giving animals or inanimate objects human characteristics |
| synaesthesia | deliberate confusion of the senses |
| hyperbole | extreme exaggeration |
| onomatopoeia | words whose sounds suggest their meaning |
| aesthetic effects | reaction a reader has to the form,content, and/or beauty of a work that brings about enjoyment or an emotional reaction in that reader |
| euphonic | soft words |
| cacophonic | harsh words |
| conceit | extended metaphor |
| sonic,typographical,sensory,ideational | four levels of literature |
| semantic linkage | rhyme creates an artificial link between two words |
| internal(organic) | start with an idea, write it out, determine the type of poem when you're finished |
| external(formal) | decide what type of poem you want to write and make the idea fit into the predetermined structure |
| emphasis,semantic linkage,brings out interesting sounds | function of rhyme in a poem |
| sonic | how it sounds |
| typographical | how it looks on paper |
| sensory | how you experience it |
| ideational | what it makes you think |
| lyric,narrative,dramatic | three main types of poetry |
| lyric | relatively short poems full of imagination,melody,and emotion |
| narrative | tells a story |
| ballad,epic | types of narrative poems |
| dramatic | uses elements of dramatic writing,such as dialogue,stage direction,etc |
| clearly defined character,multiple characters,author,author as a character | four possible speaking voices of a poem |
| rhyme scheme | the pattern in which rhyme occurs |
| slant or uneven rhyme | off rhyme where the ending consonants rhyme but the initial sounds do not |
| end rhyme | rhyme occurs at the ends of lines |
| internal rhyme | rhyme occurs in the middle of the lines |
| anaphora | the repetition of a word or phrases at the beginning of consecutive phrases |
| epistrophe | the repetition of a word or phrase at the ends of consecutive phrases |
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