English Poetry Test
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Alliteration | the repetition of initial consonant sounds |
| Allusion | a reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, work of art that the poet expects the reader to recognize |
| Connotation | the implied or suggested meaning of a word; the emotional overtones of the word; what the word suggests to you |
| Denotation | the literal meaning of a word |
| Couplet | two consecutive rhyming lines |
| Figure of speech/figurative language | a word or phrase that describes something in a way that is not literally true, but may be true in a deeper sense. Metaphor, personification, and simile are specific types of figurative language. |
| Metaphor | a direct comparison without using like or as. ("The road was a ribbon of moonlight"; road=ribbon of moonlight) An extended metaphor is a metaphor that extends through several lines, a stanza, or the whole poem. |
| Personification | giving an object or an animal the qualities or characteristics of a human |
| Simile | a comparison using the words like or as ("My love is like a red, red rose") |
| Imagery | The use of vivid or figurative language to represent objects, actions, or ideas; specifically using language that appeals to one or more of the five senses to describe objects, actions, or ideas. |
| Irony | an unexpected twist; irony occurs when something turns out the opposite of what the reader or character might expect or desire. |
| Line | words on the same horizontal level |
| Lyric poem | a highly musical verse that expresses the observations and feelings of a single speaker |
| Onomatopoeia | the use of words whose sounds imitate natural sounds |
| Repetition | the repeating of a word of phrase to add rhythm or to emphasize an idea |
| Rhyme scheme | the pattern of rhymes at the ends of lines in a poem |
| Sarcasm | saying something and meaning the exact opposite; verbal irony |
| Speaker | the narrator, point of view, or persona through whom the poet is speaking. The speaker of the poem should not be confused with the poet. For example, an older poet might choose to write from the point of view of a teenage girl. |
| Stanza | lines grouped together to form a division of a poem, separated from other lines by space |
| Symbol | an object, person, place, event, or quality that stands for something more than itself; something concrete that stands for something abstract |
| Tone | the writer's attitude toward the subject he or she is writing about or the speaker's attitude toward the subject he or she is talking about |
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