Poetry Terms #2-19
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Poetry | a type of literature that is written in meter |
| Meter | a pattern of accented and unaccented syllables in lines of poetry |
| Read a poem three times before answering questions | a. Read a poem three times: |
| b. First Reading | try to get a sense of what the poet is feeling; what voice he is using; what form; what punctuation |
| c. Second Reading | concentrate on unknown words and confusing phrases; try to figure out comparisons (dictionary) |
| d. Third Reading | look for the most important line(s); what is the main idea? read to analyze what the poet actually did |
| Figure of Speech/Figure of Language | a verbal expression in which words or sounds are arranged in a particular way to achieve a particular effect |
| Alliteration | when the same consonant sound is repeated |
| Assonance | repetition or a pattern of similar sounds, especially vowel sounds |
| Hyperbole | exaggeration to make a point |
| Understatement | stating less than the truth |
| Simile | a comparison that uses like or as |
| Metaphor | a comparison that does not use like or as |
| Onomatopoeia | sound words |
| Oxymoron | combines opposite or contradictory ideas or terms |
| Personification | giving human characteristics to non-human things |
| Idiom | an expression that cannot be taken literally |
| Imagery | language that appeals to one or more of the senses |
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