Poetry terms

Test your definitions for the poetry terms for English and English Lit

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Alliteration
Where words start with the same letter
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Ambiguity
When there is two or more meanings to a word
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Assonance
When words share the same vowel sound but the constanants are different
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blank verse
Poetry that doesn't rhyme
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colloquial language
informal, everyday language
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contrast
When two things are described in a way that emphasises how different they are
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Enjambment
when a sentance runs over from one line to the next
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imagery
language that creates an image in your mind
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irony
when words are used in a sarcastic way to imply the opposite of what they normally mean
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onomatopoeia
a word that sounds like the thing that it is describing
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persona
a fictional charachter or identity
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sonnet
a poem with 14 lines and usually follow a clear rhyming pattern. Typical form of love poetry
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rhyming scheme
a regular system of rhyming words
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Structure
the layout of the poem
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Adjective
A word that describes something eg. big
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Ambiguity

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When there is two or more meanings to a word

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Assonance

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Card 4

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blank verse

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Card 5

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colloquial language

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Comments

Amy Cullen

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Enjambent is meant to be spealt an enjambement

Christine Jeon

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nice...

Kaddy

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cheers

Hannah

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enjambment can be spelt either way, one e or two 

Natasha Naeem

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its really good XD

moe

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You have horrible spelling! especially in ques 7, SENTANCES???

Elizabeth

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Good quiz :)

Darkest Vampire

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this helped a lot but work on your spellig a bit

RayRay(:

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Great quiz, good for last minute revision ;p

Anand Tailor

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Good Quiz!

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