Glossary

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Allegory
Something symbolic, an allegory can often be a story that represents larger things, like the tortoise and the hare.
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Allusion
Referring to something well known, nowadays that could be a celebrity but it could be anything that fits the context of the poem (Shakespeare will make very old allusions we may not understand).
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Ambiguity
A word or idea meaning more than one thing to provoke thought.
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Analogy
Compare something unfamiliar with something familiar to help people understand.
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Assonance
Like alliteration, the sounds of assonance come from within the word rather than the start “Fearful tears of misery” (emphasis on the e-a-s sounds)
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Cliché
Something which is used a great amount and becomes expected or even cheesy, “raining cats and dogs”.
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Consonance
Consonant sounds at the end of words “wet set of regrets”
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Denotation
The literal definition fo something without reading too deeply into it.
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Euphemism
Where something distasteful is said in a more acceptable way ‘she is at peace’- she is dead
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Hyperbole
An over the top exaggeration for effect.
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Irony
Deliberate use of a false or misleading statement in such a way that the truth is apparent. “Wow dead flowers, what I always wanted…”
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Oxymoron
Two words placed together with differing meanings to create a new meaning ‘bitter sweet’
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Paradox
A situation or statement which contradicts itself. ‘the taller I get the shorter I become’.
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Pathetic Fallacy
Using weather or environment to reflect the themes and contexts of the poem, e.g. a horror genre may involve a dark and stormy night, joyful poems may use a sunny meadow etc.
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Pun
Using words with multiple meanings while intending both, often used for comic effect.
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Sensory Imagery
Where the language is used to evoke the senses (sight, smell, touch, taste, sound), can often include tactile (touch based) or musical (sound based) language.
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Stanza
A collection of verses similar to a paragraph, separated from other stanzas.
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Synaisthesia
The overlapping and blending of senses ’he had a soft smile’ or ’she had a fiery voice’
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Referring to something well known, nowadays that could be a celebrity but it could be anything that fits the context of the poem (Shakespeare will make very old allusions we may not understand).

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Allusion

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A word or idea meaning more than one thing to provoke thought.

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Card 4

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Compare something unfamiliar with something familiar to help people understand.

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Card 5

Front

Like alliteration, the sounds of assonance come from within the word rather than the start “Fearful tears of misery” (emphasis on the e-a-s sounds)

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