A.p. English Poetry Unit Vocab Quiz

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Metaphor

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Figurative language that describes something as though it actually were something else.

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Simile

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A figure of comparison using like with nouns and as with clauses

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Extended Metaphor

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More than one appearance of same metaphor in poem

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Controlling Metaphor

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Metaphor throughout entire work, center meaning

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Figurative Language

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Speech / Writing that is not literal, descriptive

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Conceit

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Ellaborate, fanciful metaphor

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Metaphysical Poets

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Emply paradoxical images, use intellect not emotion

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Hyperbole

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extreme exaggeration

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Symbol

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Representation using concrete object for abstract idea

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Allegory

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Many symbols working together to tell a story

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Connotation

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Suggested meaning of a word beyond dictionary definition

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Denotation

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Dictionary definition of a word

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Tone

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Creates attitude, not mood

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Diction (formal and informal)

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Word choice (formal- proper, elevated) (informal- conversational)

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Cacophony

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Harsh sounds, bad sounding words

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Syntax

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Word order and sentence structure

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Euphony

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Words that have pleasant sound (many vowels)

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Form

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The various shapes and organizational modes of poetry

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Alliteration

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The repetition of identical consonant sounds in close proximity

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Assonance

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The repetition of identical vowel sounds in different words in close proximity

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Cadence

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A coherent word group spoken as a single rhythmical unit (balance rhythmic flow)

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Caesura

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The pause(s) separating phrases within lines of poetry

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Repetition

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Repeating

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Anaphora

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The repetition of the same word / phrase throughout a work or section of work (occurs at beginning of section)

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End-stopped Line

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A line ending in a full pause, period, or semicolon

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Enjambment

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A line having no end punctuation but running over to the next line

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Free Verse

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Poetry based on the natural rhythms of phrases and normal pauses

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Rhyme

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The repetition of identical concluding syllables in different words

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Sonnet

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A poem of fourteen (14) lines

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Iambic Pentameter

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Ten (10) syllables per line, five (5) stressed, five (5) unstressed

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Theme

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Major / Central idea of a work, reoccuring / unifying idea

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Paradox

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A figure of speech embodying a controdiction that is nevertheless true

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Imagery (Literal and Figurative)

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Images throughout a work, often triggers senses

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Ode

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A stanzaic poetic form with varying line lengths and sometimes intricate rhyme schemes (lyric reverent)

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Apostrophe

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The addressing of a discourse to a real or imagined person who is not present

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Stanza

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A group of poetic lines corresponding to paragraphs in prose