English Poetic Terms
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couches123 on January 4, 2012
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 alliteration | repeating consonant sounds at the beginning of words |
| assonance | alliteration with vowels |
| consonance | alliteration with consonants inside of words |
| imagery | descriptive language that engages the senses |
| internal rhyme | rhyming within a phrase |
| metaphor | a comparison of 2 unlike things without using like or as |
| onomatopoeia | words that describe sounds |
| personification | giving inanimate objects life with words |
| rhyme | when two words sound alike at there end |
| rhyme scheme | the pattern of end rhyme |
| simile | a comparison using like or as |
| stanza | a grouping of 2 or more lines in a pattern |
| verse | poetry without punctuation |
| prose | poetry with punctuation |
| couplet | a rhymed pair of lines |
| symbol | something that represents something else |
| connotation | the feeling associated with a word |
| denotation | the dictionary definition of a word |
| style | the way a poem is written |
| diction | the writers choice of words |
| tone | the writers attitude towards a subject |
| epic | a long narrative poem |
| sonnet | a lyric poem with 14 lines |
| lyric | a short poem with a single speaker |
| narrative | a poem that tells a story |
| motif | a repeated theme |
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