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Alliteration

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Heads Up: Ms Beaucock never told us this

Alliteration is a literary device that repeats a speech sound in a sequence of words that are close to each other.
Ex. Peter picked a peck of pickled peppers.

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Allusion

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A reference to a person, event, fact, or place that appears in history or literature.

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Ballad

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A poem that is typically arranged in quatrains with rhyme scheme ABAB. It’s usually narrative.

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Blank Verse

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A poem with rhythm but no rhyme

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Free Verse

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A poem with no limits and restrictions. No rules.

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Hyperbole

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An overstatement or extreme exaggeration.

Ex. I’ve waited a thousand years for you.

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Image/Imagery

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The name given to the elements in a poem that spark of senses.

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Irony (Dramatic)

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When a character’s word or actions are known to the audience, but unknown to the character.

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Irony (Situational)

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When actions have effect that is opposite from what was intended.

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Irony (Verbal)

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When a person says or writes one thing, but means another.

Ex. Sarcasm

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Metaphor

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A comparison between two unlike things.

Ex. Life is a roller coaster.

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Extended Metaphor

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A comparison between two unlike things that continue throughout a series of sentences or lines in a poem.

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Mood

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The feeling of atmosphere that evokes a certain emotion from the reader. How the reader feels.

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Onomatopoeia

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(Ms. Beaucock didn’t teach us this either)

The formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named.

Ex. “giggle”

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Oxymoron

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(Ms. Beaucock’s definition didn’t make sense so I made up my own.)

2 words side by side that are the opposite of each other.

Ex. Pretty Ugly
Ex. Living dead

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Paradox

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Refers to the use of concepts or ideas that are contradictory to one another but as a whole have meaning.

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Personification

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When you give human traits to animals or objects.

Ex. The rain danced on the window panels.

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Rhyme

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The identity of sound between syllables or paired groups of syllables, usually at the end of the verse lines.

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Internal Rhyme

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Occurs when two or more words rhyme within a line of poetry.

Ex. The fair breeze blew, the white foam flew.

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Ending Rhyme

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Occurs when two or more words rhyme in 2 or more lines of poetry. (Basically if they rhyme at the end.)

Ex. The furrow followed free
Into that silent sea

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Rhyme Scheme

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The rhyming pattern of a poem.

Ex. ABAB
AABB

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Rhyming Couplet/Rhyming Triplet

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A pair of rhyming verse lines that form a unit. A rhyming triplet is the same, but with 3 rhyming verse lines instead of 2.

Ex for Rhyming Couplet: AA BB CC DD……
Ex for Rhyming Triplet: AAA BBB CCC DDD…

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Rhythm

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A pattern of sounds made by varying the stressed and unstressed syllables in a poem.

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Simile

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A figure of speech in which two unlike things are explicitly compared.

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Sonnet (English/Shakespearean)

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  • 14 lines
  • 1st 12 lines are divided into 3 quatrains (4 lines each)
  • in the 3 quatrains, there’s a theme that resolves in the last two lines
  • last 2 lines of the 3 quatrains is called couplet
  • rhyme scheme ABAB CDCD EFEF GG
  • iambic pentameter
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Symbolism

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The practice or art of using an object or a word to represent an abstract idea.

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Tone

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The attitude of an author towards their subject matter and/or audience. (Look at word choice and bolds to find tone)

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Speaker

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A narrative voice in a poem that speaks of their situation or feelings. Could be anything.

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Stanza

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Consists of 2 or more lines of poetry =. “Paragraphs” of a poem.

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Theme

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The central idea in a story or poem.

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Connotation

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What the word infers or suggests.

Ex. The snake is evil.

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Denotation.

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Literal meaning or definition of the word.

Ex. Snakes are reptiles