Poetry Terms

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A brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance.

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Allusion

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A type of poem that tells a story and was traditionally set to music.

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Ballad

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A word's dictionary definition

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Denotation

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The idea or feeling that people associate with a word; a word's secondary meaning.

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Connotation

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Also known as "vowel rhyme," is the repetition of vowel sounds across a line of text or poetry.

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Assonance

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The repetition of the same consonant sounds in a line of text. These alike sounds can appear anywhere in the word, but will usually be found at its end or middle, or at the end of the stressed syllable.

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Consonance

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Refers to a word choice.

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Diction

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A term used in poetry to refer to lines that end without a punctuation and without completing a sentence or clause.

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Enjambment

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A literary device used in poetry, novels, and other writing that uses vivid description that appeals to a reader's senses to create an image or idea in their head.

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Imagery

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The beat and pace of a poem and is created by the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables.

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Rhythm