p. 11-22 poetry anthology
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 idiom | the personal use of words that marks a poet's poetry |
| diction | the individual words in a poem |
| level of diction | amount of advanced choice and use of words in poems (ranging from slang to extreme formality) |
| poetic diction | used to indicate a level of speech somehow refined above ordinary usage (it used to be used as a compliment to the poet's work, now it is a criticism) |
| Archaisms | words that are no longer in common use |
| syncope | a contradiction; the dropping of a letter (glimm'ring) |
| Denotation | Literal sense of a word (the dictionary definition) |
| Connotation | The implied meaning or feel that some words have acquired |
| Coinage | A word made up by the poet |
| Paraphrase | when we put a poem into our own words |
| syntax | the order of words in a sentence |
| inversion | words that fall out of their expected order |
| ellipsus | words that are consciously omitted by the poet |
| Etymology | The study if the sources of words |
| Concrete diction | words which can be perceived by the senses |
| imagery | sensory details denoting specific physical experiences |
| Visual imagery | descriptive language that appeals to the sense of sight |
| auditory | descriptive language that appeals to the sense of hearing |
| olfactory | descriptive language that appeals to the sense of smell |
| tactile | descriptive language that appeals to the sense of touch |
| gustatory | descriptive language that appeals to the sense of taste |
| Imagism | A poetic movement in which concrete details predominate in short descriptive poems |
| Onomatopoeia | Words whose meanings are closely related to their sounds (Splash, thud) |
| Pun | The use of one word to imply the additional meaning of a similar-sounding word |
| Paronomasia | the formal term for the word pun |
| Tenor (of the figure of speech) | the thing being described |
| vehicle | concrete image |
| figures of speech | all of the types of figurative language that involve some kind of comparison |
| tropes | all of the types of figurative language that involve some kind of comparison |
| Metaphor | A direct comparison between two unlike things Ex. His words were as sharp as knives. |
| Implied Metaphor | A metaphor in which either the tenor or vehicle is implied, not stated Ex. The running back gathered steam and chugged towards the end zone. |
| Simile | A comparison using like, as, or than as a connective device Ex. My love is like a red, red rose. |
| Conceit | An extended or far-fetched metaphor, in most cases comparing things that apparently have almost nothing in common Ex. Make me, O Lord, thy spinning wheel complete |
| Hyperbole | An overstatement, a comparison using conscious exaggeration Ex. He threw the ball so fast it caught the catcher's mitt on fire. |
| Understatement | The opposite of a hyperbole Ex. VCU getting in the Final Four was unpredictable. |
| Allusion | A metaphor making a direct comparison to a historical or literary event or character, a myth, a biblical reference, and so forth. He is a Sampson of strength but a Judas of discipline. |
| Metonymy | Use of a related object to stand for the thing actually being talked about Ex. It's the only white-collar street in this blue-collar town. |
| Synecdoche | use of a part for the whole, or vice versa Ex. The crowned heads of Europe were in attendance. |
| Personification | Giving human characteristics to nonhuman things or to abstractions Ex. Justice weighs the evidence in her golden scales. |
| Paradox | An apparent contradiction or illogical statement I'll never forget old what's-his-name. |
| Oxymoron | A short paradox, consisting of an adjective and noun with conflicting meanings. Ex. The touch of her lips was sweet agony |
| Synthesia | A conscious mixing of two different types of sensory experience Ex. A raw, red wind rushed from the north. |
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