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Poetry vocab
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English
9th Grade
02/02/2011

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Imagery
Definition
figurative or descriptive language in a literary work
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Onomatopoeia
Definition
the formation of a word, as cuckoo or boom, by imitation of a sound made by or associated with its referent.
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Figurative Language
Definition
speech or writing that departs from literal meaning in order to achieve a special effect or meaning, speech or writing employing figures of speech
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Metaphor
Definition
a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance
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Personification
Definition
the attribution of a personal nature or character to inanimate objects or abstract notions, esp. as a rhetorical figure.
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Meter
Definition
poetic measure; arrangement of words in regularly measured, patterned, or rhythmic lines or verses.
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Iambic Pentameter
Definition
a common meter in poetry consisting of an unrhymed line with five feet or accents, each foot containing an unaccented syllable and an accented syllable
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Rhyme
Definition
identity in sound of some part, esp. the end, of words or lines of verse.
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Tone
Definition
a particular style or manner, as of writing or speech; mood
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Diction
Definition
style of speaking or writing as dependent upon choice of words
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