Poetic Terms

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Alliteration

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The repetition of the first sound of the word.

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Assonance

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Similar vowel sounds in words that end with different consonants.

"Wanders and watches, with eager ears"

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Consonance

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Similar consonant sounds at the ends of words

Blank, think, tank

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diction

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the specific words an author chooses

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figurative language

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using language to create a particular effect: forms of figurative language include simile, metaphor, and personification

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hyperbole

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extreme exaggeration to make a point

"I waited in the line for a million years"

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iamb

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a metrical foot consisting of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable or shor syllable followed by a long syllable

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iambic pentatmeter

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a rhythmic pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in which there are five stressed syllable in each line

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imagery

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the primary images or pictures the author uses to convey meaning in poem

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metaphor

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a comparison of tow unlike things not using like or as "My brother is a pig" Her hair was spun gold silk"

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meter

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the deliberate use of stressed and unstressed syllable to create a particular beat for a poem

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narrator

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one who tells the story in a piece of work

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onomatopoeia

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when the sound of a word suggests a particular thing;

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paraphrase

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to restate a piece of wrting in simple terms

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persona

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the person created by the writer to tell a story

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personification

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to give human qualities to something that is not human

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rhyme scheme

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the pattern of rhyme used in a poem

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rhythmn

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like meter, rhythm

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simile

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a comparison between two unlike things using like or as to make the comparison.

"He was as angry as a hornet"

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speaker

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the voice that tells the story in a poem

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stanza

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a group of lines in poetry, in prose, you would call it a paragraph

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tone

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the attitude or behavior the speaker has toward the subject matter