Poetry Terms Flashcards ADV Eng II

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Speaker

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The voice used by the author of the poem, often a persona rather than the author's actual self.

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Setting

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The physical or temporal location where the poem takes place.

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Diction

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The writer's choice of words, phrases, sentence structure, and figurative language.

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Connotation

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Associations and implications beyond a word's literal meaning.

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Tone

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The writer's attitude toward the subject, creating the mood of the poem.

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Allusion

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A brief reference to a person, place, thing, event, or idea in history or literature.

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Metaphor

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A comparison between two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'.

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Simile

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Comparison between two things using words like 'like', 'as', 'than', 'appears', or 'seems'.

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Personification

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Attributing human characteristics to non-human things.

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Apostrophe

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An address to someone not present or to something non-human.