Set: Poetry Terms+Plargarism

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Term Definition
figurative language purposeful distortion of language
figures of speech simile, metaphor, symbol, irony, personification
apostrophe addressing someone who is absent or something nonhuman as if it were alive
synecdoche the use of the part for the whole
metonymy the use of something closely related for the thing actually meant
anastophe inversion of the usual order of words
paradox something that at first seems to contradict itself
oxymoron linking seemingly contradictory terms
allusion a cross reference to another work of art
antithesis saying the opposite of what you really mean for effect
parable short allegorical story designed to illustrate or teach some truth, religous principle, or moral lesson; a statement or comment that conveys a meaning indirectly by the use of comparison, analogy, or the like
imagery representation through language of a sense experience
alliteration noticeable repetition of a consonant sound; usually end in consonants
assonance repetition of a vowel sound
onomatopoeia words sound like what they are
types of imagery visual, auditory, taste, smell, tactile
poetry delliberate language
explication to make the meaning clear
explication steps understand the words, understand the situation, understand the images, figure out the meaning
persona poetic voice is when the author of the poem assumes another role as the narrator of the poem
ways to examine poetry significance, the individual choice of words
poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful emotion recollected in tranquilty Wordsworth Definition of Poetry
with discrimination Wordsworth Definition of Poetry, Meyers addition
plagarism using others' ideas and words without clearly acknowledging the source of information
paraphrase using someone's ideas, but putting them in your own words
common knowledge facts that can be found in numerous places and are likely to be known by a lot of people

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Creator kc2fab
Created June 3, 2007
Group Maggie L. Walker Governor's School
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  1. poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful emotion recollected in tranquilty → Wordsworth Definition of Poetry - 4 misses
  2. synecdoche → the use of the part for the whole - 2 misses
  3. figures of speech → simile, metaphor, symbol, irony, personification - 1 miss
  4. anastophe → inversion of the usual order of words - 1 miss
  5. explication → to make the meaning clear - 1 miss
  6. with discrimination → Wordsworth Definition of Poetry, Meyers addition - 1 miss
  7. plagarism → using others' ideas and words without clearly acknowledging the source of information - 1 miss