English Poetry Flash Cards
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19 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Alliteration | repetition of an initial consonant sound in neighboring words |
| Allusion | reference to a famous person,place, or event |
| Analogy | comparison of two things, alike in certain aspects |
| Colloquial/colloquialism | informal words and phrases used in every day conversation |
| Connotation | when a word suggests beyond what it expresses, its symbolic meaning |
| Denotation | the dictionary meaning of the word |
| Hyperbole | a figure in speech in which exceptional exaggeration is deliberately used for emphasis rather than deception |
| Imagery | words or phrases that bring forth a certain picture or image to the reader's mind |
| Lyric | short verse which is intended to express the emotions of the author; quite often lyrics are set to music |
| Metaphor | comparing two unlike thigs without using like or as |
| Onomatopoeia | use of a word whose sound suggests its meaning |
| Oxymoron | combination of contradictory or incogruous words |
| Personification | giving an object, animal, or idea humanlike qualities |
| Paradox | a statement which first seems contradictory but turns out to have a profound meaning |
| Repetition | repeating of a line or phrase of a poem at regular intervals, especially at the end of each stanza |
| Rhyme | similarity or likeness between two words |
| Simile | a comparison using like or as |
| Symbol | a person, place, thing, or event used to represent something larger than itself |
| Tone | how the author feels about the subject |
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