Poetry Terms 2011
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 consonence | repetion of the consonant sounds within words |
| tone | the write's attitude or feeling about his or her subject |
| epic | along narrative poem about the adventures of a hero whose actions reflect the details and values of a nation or group |
| alliteration | repetition of beginning consonent sounds |
| irony | the contrast between what is expected or what appears to be, and what actually is or happens |
| simile | a figure of speech that makes a comparison between two things with "like" or "as" |
| free verse | poetry without regular patterns of rhyme and rhythms; captures the sounds and rhythems of ordanary speech |
| allusain | an indirect or breif reference in a literary work to well-known characters or events in history or another work of literation |
| repetition | the act of repeating words or phrases for dramatic effect |
| assornace | repetion of vowel sounds within a line of poetry |
| imagery | descriptive language that creats a mental image or some other sensory experience |
| ohomatopoeia | the use of words whose sound suggest their meaning |
| hyperbole | a figure of speech in whih the truth is exaggerated for emphasis or humorous effect |
| metaphor | a type of figurative language in which one thing is named as another; a comparison is made between two things that are essentially unalike bat may have one quality in common |
| symbol | using something specific to stand for something eles, especially am idea |
| mood | the atmosphere, overall felling, or emotional state created by the writing |
| meter | the regular pattern of accented and unaccented sillables in a line |
| personification | a figure of speech where animals, ideas or inanimated objects are given human characteristics |
| couplet | a rhymed pair of lines in a poem |
| oxymoron | a form of figurative language combining contradictory words or ideas |
| prose | the ordanary form of spoken and written language that lacks the special features of poetry, drama, or song |
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