Poetry Terms Criss-Cross – Flashcards
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Stanza
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a group of lines arranged together
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Simile
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a comparison using like or as
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Imagery
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the use if very descriptive, sensory language
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Meter
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the pattern if stressed and unstressed syllables in a poem
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Octave
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an eight lined poem
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Personification
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giving an object human like qualities
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Idiom
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a fixed saying that has brought to mind by the phrase
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Assonance
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the repetition of vowels
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Allusion
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a reference to a different work
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Consonance
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the repetition of consonant nouns
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Irony
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words that carry the opposite meanings to create an image
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Anthropomorphism
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giving an animal human like qualities
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Hyperbole
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an extreme exaggeration
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Rhyme
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patterns of words that sound the same
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Quatrain
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a four line stanza
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Metaphor
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a direct comparison of two unlike things
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Alliteration
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a repetition of sounds throughout several words in a line
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Onomatopoeia
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words that imitate the sound they're naming
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Symbol
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a concrete object with an abstract meaning
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Rhythm
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the beat created by the sounds of the words in a poem
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Repetition
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the repetition of words or ideas for emphasis
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Form
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the appearance of words on a page
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Foot
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unit of meter
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Speaker
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the narrator of the poem
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Couplet
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a two line stanza
