Poetry Vocabulary FlashCards

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free verse

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A stanza that does not follow a fixed metrical pattern.

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figurative language

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Refers to words or phrases that are meaningful, but not literally true.

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simile

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A figure of speech in which two unlike things are explicitly compared, as in “she is like a rose.”

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metaphor

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A figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance, as in “Your room is a pigsty.”

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alliteration

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The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of closely connected words.

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assonance

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Rhyme in which the same vowel sounds are used with different consonants in the stressed syllables of the rhyming words.

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personification

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The attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman.

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analogy

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A comparison between two things, typically for the purpose of explanation or clarification.

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allusion

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An expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly.

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imagery

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Visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work.