Poetry Terms Review

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Alliteration
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Alliteration
the use of the same letter or sound at the beginning of words
allusion
an indirect or passing reference
anaphora
repetition of word(s) at the beginning of lines, clauses, or sentences
assonance
repetition of vowel sounds within words
blank verse
unrhymed lines in iambic pentameter
cataloging
list of people, things, or attributes
conceit
compares two things without like or as at length and in multiple ways
consonance
repetition of consonant sounds within and at the ends of words
diction
writer or speaker's choice of words; includes vocab and syntax
elegy
poem in tribute to someone who has usually died with a formal/dignified tone
enjambmentcontinuation of a sentence without pause at the endexplicateanalyze in detailfigurative langaugelanguage used to create special effectfooteach unit of repetitionformconventional(fixed or closed): the physical arrangement of words in a poemformorganic (irregular or open) other types of patterning in poetry from rhyme to design in traditional poemsfree versepoetry without structure/meter and doesn't rhymehyperboleexaggerations not meant to be taken literallyimageryvisually descriptive languagelyric poempoem of songlike qualitymetaphorcomparison of two things without using "like" or "as"meteriamb: u/ trochee: /u anapest: uu/ dactyl: /uu monometer: 1 dimeter: 2 trimeter:3 tetrameter: 4 pentameter: 5 hexameter: 6moodfeeling a reader gets from a textonomatopoeiaword that relates to a sound associated with its namedparallelismcorresponding in some way; same grammatical structure to relate different ideas that relate to a topic (type of repetition)personificationgiving human-like qualities to inanimate objectsprotest poetryto go against established values/ideasrepetitionrestating something that has already been said or writtenrhymeinternal rhyme: occurs within middle of linerhymeend rhyme: rhyme at end of sentence/linerhyme schemeorder of rhyme patternrhythmorder of rhyme pattern; A musical quality produced by the repetition of stressed and unstressed syllables (meter) or by the repetition of words and phrases or even whole lines or sentencescansionscanning a line to determine rhythmsimilecomparison using "like" or "as" of one thing to a different kindslant rhymewords that almost rhyme, but do not reallysound devicesused to convey/reinforce meaning or experience though use of soundsstanzagroup of lines that form versesstructurearrangement or organizationstyleway of using languagethemesubject of a piece of writingtonethe feeling the author creates in a text