English 1B - Poetry Terms

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tone

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the emotional and intellectual qualities of the speakers voice

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concrete imagery

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details that evoke the 5 senses

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figurative imagery

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details rooted in comparison or abstraction

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allusion

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reference to some other piece of art

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denotation

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the dictionary definition of a word

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connotation

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the accrued meaning of a word

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simile

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direct comparison using "like" or "as"

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metaphor

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implied or direct comparison in the form of equivalence

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symbol

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something that represents something else that isn't at all like it

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poetry

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language in its most compressed form

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end-stopping

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punctuation at the end of lines

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enjambment

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no punctuation at the end of the lines

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caesura

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pause created by punctuation

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onomatopoeia

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"sound effect" words

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anaphora

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repetition of groups of words/phrases

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assonance

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repetition of vowel sounds in words - requires close proximity

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alliteration

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repetition of initial consonant sounds in words at the beginning of a word - requires close proximity

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slant rhyme

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sounds that rhyme if they're "bent"

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exact rhyme

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dead-on rhyme

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rhyme scheme

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rhyme design or architecture - (know how to mark a scheme)

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rhyme

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repetition of sounds at the last syllable of words

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euphony

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"pretty" sound

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cacophony

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"ugly" sound

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speaker

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the voice of the poem (like a narrator)

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informal poetry

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the form is inverted for the poem

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formal poetry

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poems that follow pre-set rules

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limerick

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5-line poem with a-a-b-b-a rhyme scheme

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haiku

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3-line poem with a set syllable count - 5-7-5

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acrostic poetry

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the first letter of each line adds up to a word

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epigram

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a 2-line poem that expresses one thought - rich in meaning

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apostrophe

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a speaker directly addresses something or someone

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villanelle

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5 stanzas, 3 lines each, some lines repeating in preset places, last stanza 4 lines

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sonnet

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a form of poem with 14 lines and 10 syllables per line and with a rhyme scheme

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archaic language

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language that's gone out of style

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sonnet sequence/cycle

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a collection of sonnets

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contraction

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the dropping of letters, replaced with apostrophe

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inversion

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mixing up the natural order of words