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Poetry Analysis Terms
Terms one needs to know for poetry analysis
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English
10th Grade
11/22/2010

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Alliteration
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Repetition of a sound and the beginning of a word, or stressed syllables.
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Allusion
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Indirect reference to a person place or thing
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Antithesis
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Putting contrasting ideas close to each other to complement each other
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Apostrphe
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Speaking to the inanimate or dead as if it were alive
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Assonance
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The repeating of vowel sounds in a word, namely in the middle parts of the word
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Consonance
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Repetition of the last parts of words
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Diction
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The writer's choice in words, phrases, figure of speech, or other poetic terms; determines mood and tone
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figure of speech
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metaphors, similes, hyperbole, personification, apostrophe, etc.
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flashback
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looking back at an earlier part of the story
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foreshadowing
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hints of what happens later on in the story
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style
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the author's personal manner of speech and diction; how he says what he says
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suspense
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the anxious anticipation of what's to come
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symbolism
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an object or action in that means more than it's literal interpretation
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synechdoche
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a figure of speech in which a part is used to designate the whole, or vice versa
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syntax
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the arrangement of words in a sentence, phrase, or paragraph
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theme
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the idea of a piece of writing
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tone
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the writer's attitude as expressed in his writing
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understatment
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intentionally saying less than what is meant
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rhyme
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the repetition of the terminal sounds of lines
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shift
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a change in point of view, mood, scenery, or tense
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Sarcasm
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saying the opposite of what is intended for humorous, or satirical reasons
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Personification
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granting non-human things with human qualities
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Repetition
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the repeating of lines, words, or parts of lines
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Prosody
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the study of meter and style of a poem
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structure
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the framework of a poem; how a poem is put together
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simile
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comparing unlike things using like or as
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pun
Definition
a humorous play on words
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point of view
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the perspective from which the tale is told; objective, omniscient, limited omniscient
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hyperbole
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overstament
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metaphor
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comparing unlike things, to emphasize aspects of it
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imagery
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use of words that create an image in the readers mind
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mood
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the feeling of the piece
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motivation
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why one does what they do
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irony
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a situation where the opposite of the intended effect takes place
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paradox
Definition
when seemingly contradicting terms are combined
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oxymoron
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something that contradicts itself
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onomatopoeia
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words that are spelled like they sound
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narration
Definition
a poem that tells a story
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