Poetry Vocab Words

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Alliteration

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the same or similar sounds at the beginning of words

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Allusion

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a reference to a historical event , or other pieces of work

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Assonance

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the repetition or a pattern of similar sounds, especially vowels, and example of this are tongue twisters

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Ballad

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a poem that tells a story similar to a folk tale or legend and often has a repeated refrain

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Blank Verse

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poetry that is written in unrhymed iambic pentameter - example of this is in shakespear's work

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Carpe Diem

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a Latin expression that means seize the day. poems that usually urge the reader to to live for the day or enjoy pleasures of the moment

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Figurative Language

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the intentional and imaginative uses of words and comparisons that are not literal, but create original and vivid, and often unexpected images and associations.

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Hyperbole

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a figure of speech in which deliberate exaggeration is used for emphasis. ie: tons of money, waiting for ages, floods of tears

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Imagery

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an image is an expression of recreation through language of any experience perceived through the senses. if you can picture it in your mind it is imagery.

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Irony

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Is a tone or figure of speech that has a discrepancy- a striking difference or contradiction btwn what is expressed and what is meant or expected. I.e: a bank-robber robes a police station

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Metaphor

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a figure of speech in which two things are compared, usually by saying one thing is another. they do not use like or as

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Onomatopoeia

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the use of words whose sound reflects their sense of meaning ie: buzz, hiss, moan, the snake slithered

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Personification

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a form of metaphor, or simile in which nonhuman things. giving a nonhuman object human qualities.

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Oxymoron

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a figure of speech in which two sharply contrasting terms are paired for emphasis or ironic effect. I.e: army intelligence, sweet and sour, same difference , cold as hell

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Simile

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a figure of speech in which two things are compared using the words like or as. I.e: she was hyper like a bunny

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Symbol

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anything that stands for something else. I.e: symbol of life, unity is a circle

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Anaphora

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the repetition of the same word or group of words at the beginning of successive clauses, sentences, or lines

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Euphony

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harmony or beauty of sound that provides a pleasing effect to the ear, usually sought-for in poetry for effect.

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Modulation

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the harmonious use of langugae relative to the variations of stresses and pitch

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Phonetic Symbolism or SOund symbolism

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sound suggestiveness, the association of particular word-sounds with common areas of meaning so that other words or similar sounds that came to be associated with those meanings

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Cacophony

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discordant sounds in jarring juxtaposition of harsh letters or syllables, sometimes inadvertent, but often delibertely used in poetry for effect as in the opening line of fences.