Poems vocabulary
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English
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9th - 12th Grade
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Veronica Skidmore
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Poems vocabulary
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allegory
a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one.
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alliteration
Repetition of initial consonant sounds
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allusion
A reference to another work of literature, person, or event
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anaphora
the repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of consecutive lines or sentences
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antologize
to compile, publish, or include in an anthology
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apostrophe
A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction, such as liberty or love.
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avant-garde
ahead of the times, especially in the arts
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ballad
A poem or song narrating a story in short stanzas
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blank verse
Poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter
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candence
Rhythmic rise and fall
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caesura
A natural pause or break in a line of poetry, usually near the middle of the line.
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chiamus
A statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is structurally reversed
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cliché
a worn-out idea or overused expression
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connotation
an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning.
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contradiction
A direct opposition between things compared; inconsistency
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denotation
the literal meaning of a word
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elegy
a sad or mournful poem
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ellipsis
three periods (...) indicating the omission of words in a thought or quotation
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enjambment
the continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line, couplet, or stanza.
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haiku
A japanese form of poetry, consisting of three unrhymed lines of five, seven, and five syllables
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hyperbole
exaggeration
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imagery
Description that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste)
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irony
A contrast between expectation and reality
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metaphor
A comparison without using like or as
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ode
A lyric poem usually marked by serious, respectful, and exalted feelings toward the subject.
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onomatopoeia
A word that imitates the sound it represents.
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oxymoron
A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase.
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paralellism
similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses
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personification
A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes
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pun
a play of words
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quatrain
a four line stanza
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refrain
A line or set of lines repeated several times over the course of a poem.
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simile
A comparison using "like" or "as"
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sonet
14 line poem
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stanza
a group of lines in a poem
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symbol
A thing that represents or stands for something else, especially a material object representing something abstract.
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synecdoche
a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa
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syntax
The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language.
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understatement
the presentation of something as being smaller, worse, or less important than it actually is.
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