Poetry Unit Terms Y1

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slant rhyme

A rhyming sound that is not exact.

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Volta

the shift or point of dramatic change in a poem

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Stanza

A group of lines in a poem

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Line

basic unit of poetry

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Dialect

a form of language spoken by people in a particular region or group

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Setting

The physical and social context in which a poem operates

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Imagery

Figurative language using concrete sensory (especially visual) language.

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Rhyme

correspondence of sound between words or the endings of words

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Alliteration

Repetition of initial consonant sounds

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Assonance

Repetition of a vowel sound within two or more words in close proximity

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Consonance

Repetition of a consonant sound within two or more words in close proximity.

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Metaphor

a specific type of figurative language connecting two unlike things, usually an implied comparison

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Metonymy

A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it

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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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Conceit

a developed, often particularly clever extended metaphor

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Simile

A comparison using "like" or "as"

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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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Paradox

A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth.

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Symbolism

A device in literature where an object represents a more or less static idea.

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Rhythm

A (generally) regular, repeated pattern of movement or sound.

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meter

A standard (often predetermined) pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry

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Quatrain

A section or stanza of four lines

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Octave

A section or stanza of 8 lines

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English sonnet

3 Quatrains and an ending couplet. Rhyme scheme: abab, cdcd, efef, gg.

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Italian sonnet

a sonnet consisting of an octave and a sestet. Rhyme scheme: abbaabba, cdecde

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Dialect

A regional variety of a language distinguished by vocabulary, spelling, and pronunciation.

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Diction

the choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing.