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Poetry Definitions
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- 11. DictionDiction is the choice of words and vocabulary of a poem and the way the poet uses words to give the poem uniqueness.
Example: “You’d see me with my puffy, petulant face gulping and guzzling in the best hotels.” - 22. ImageryImagery is a language that appeals to one or more of the five senses: sight, smell, hearing, taste and/or touch. Imagery helps the reader form a visual understanding of the poem in his or her mind.
- 33. Mood and ToneMood is the predominant feeling that the reader gets from the poem. The mood of the poem may be defined as joyful, fearful, or frightful.
Tone is the author’s attitude to the subject. The tone of a poem might be described as playful, conversational, or serious. - 44. ThemeThe theme of a text is its central meaning, its general statement about life and/or the human condition. A theme must be a complete idea that the reader can apply to his or her life circumstances; it cannot be a single word.
Example: The theme of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet may be that death cannot conquer the power of true love. The theme can not be “Death” - 51. AllusionAn allusion is a reference to an historical person, event, or place to another form of literature.
Example: The senator claimed that, if the law was passed, it would be the key to Pandora’s box - 6-Dramatic Irony:when the reader knows more than one or more of the characters in the text. Example: when a character in a horror film enters the dark woods unknowingly, but the reader knows the killer is hiding there.
- 7-Situational Irony:when the exact opposite of what is expected occurs. Example: An individual who is afraid of flying finally decides to get on the a plane; however, on the way to the airport, his car is hit by a renegade plane and he dies. (Driving, not flying, was what killed him.
- 8Verbal Irony:when an individual says the opposite of what he or she means, or sarcasm. Example: A girl's boyfriend is late for their date. She says, “Thanks for being on time.
- 93. SymbolA symbol is a concrete object person place or action that is used to represent a more complex concept. Example: Spring is often used to symbolize new life.
- 101. Figurative LaguageBecause poets often use relatively short lines and stanzas, there must be meaning in every word. As a result, words often have not only literal meaning but also figurative meaning.
Example: “Wooden Heart” The literal term is a heart made out of wood. The figurative meaning of this phrase is that an individual is, cold, and/or unfeeling. (numb) - 112. HyperboleA hyperbole is an over exaggeration. Example: My eyes are bigger than my stomach.
- 123. MetaphoreA metaphor is a comparison of two things without the words “like” or “as.” Example: “The crowds upon the pavement Were fields of harvest wheat.”
- 134. MetonymyA metonymy replaces one idea or thought with another on order to create emphasis or more of a powerful image. It involves associating one word with with another.
Example: The pen is mightier than the sword. - 145. OxymoronAn oxymoron is when two contradictory words are placed next to each other in a phrase.
Example: Jumbo Shrimp; Student Teacher; Progressive Conservative - 156. ParadoxA paradox is when two contradictory ideas or concepts are placed next to each other in order to reveal a deeper truth. The reader must find a way to make sense of the words. Example: War at Peace
- 167. PersonificationPersonification is when human characteristics are attributed to a non-human thing.
Example: The sun smiled on the newlywed couple. - 178. PunA pun is a play on the double-meaning of a word or words to create humour.
Example: Ben Battle was a soldier bold and used war’s alarms But a cannon ball took off his legs so he laid down on his arms. - 189. SimileLike a metaphor, a simile is a comparison of two things. However, it uses the words “like” or “as” to express a direct comparison whereas a metaphor only implies the comparison. Example: “Life is like a box of chocolates.”
- 1910. SynecdocheA synecdoche is when a part of a thing is used to represent the whole.
Example: I’ll take the wheel. (the wheel represents the car.)
All hands on deck. (the hands represent the sailors.) - 201. AlliterationAlliteration is the repetition of a consonant sound at the beginning of words. Example: Lazy living led Leonard to loathe labour.
- 212. AssonanceAssonance is the repetition of similar vowel sounds. Assonance does not have to be at the beginning of words. Example: The avid fan of the Astros was camped on the grandstand.
- 223. ConsonanceConsonance is the repetition of similar consonant sounds either in the middle of words or at the end of words. The words may be placed in close proximity to one another or may be used at the end of lines. Poets often use consonance to create freer rhyming or approximate rhyming. Example: The repeated “s” and “d” sounds in the following passage. “Sewer blood ran cold, slicing hot untold Scraping outward, southward home”
- 234. OnomatopoeiaOnomatopoeia is the use of words that mimic the sounds that they describe. Example: Hiss, Bang, Snap
- 245. RhymeRhyme is the repetition of vowel sounds and all succeeding sounds, often at the end of lines to create a rhyme pattern. Example: Mouse/House
- 251. BalladA ballad is a poem that tells a story in a straightforward way. The themes of ballads are traditionally tragic and often focus on courage and love.
- 262. Poems of CharacterizationThese poems focus on human traits and attributes.
- 273. Poems of Comment or CriticismThese poems reflect a contemporary theme of the time. The offer an opinion about an event or circumstances. They are often in favour of or in protest of a contemporary situation.
- 284. Lyric PoemsThese poems are brief expressions of a poet’s personal imagining or reflections of emotion. They may be rhymed or unrhymed verse.
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- Grade 10 English Flashcards on Poetry Definitions, created by Emily Katyi on 12/06/2017.
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