Poetic Terms & Literary terms for style/diction

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What is the function of satire?

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To mock the absurdity of some social occurrence through mockery or extreme hyperbole.

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What does it mean if a poem has enjambed lines?

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The poem does not have end-stopped lines with punctuation at the end. Lines continue without punctuation until the idea of thought is over.

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What is juxtaposition?

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Placing two unlike ideas or things or words near one another to enhance their differences and show the sharp contrast between the two.

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What is colloquialism?

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A common, everyday expression; not formal language.

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How would you characterize whimsical diction?

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The diction is playful and fanciful; not serious.

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What is imagery in poetry?

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Imagery refers to descriptive language that appeals to the senses and creates vivid mental pictures.

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What is a metaphor?

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A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'.

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What is alliteration?

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The repetition of the same initial consonant sounds in a sequence of words.

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What is a simile?

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A figure of speech that compares two different things using 'like' or 'as'.

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What is personification?

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Attributing human characteristics to non-human entities or abstract concepts.