Useful Poetic Terminology

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Words that begin with the same letter sound.
Alliteration
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A reference to another work of literature, person, or event.
Allusion
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Something left deliberately unclear.
Ambiguous
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The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses.
Anaphora
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Repetition of vowel sounds.
Assonance
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A strong pause within a line of verse.
Caesura
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The continuation of a sentence or clause over a line-break.
Enjambment
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A line of poetry that ends with a punctuation mark.
End-stopped line
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Extreme exaggeration.
Hyperbole
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A beat or foot that uses 10 syllables in each line.
Iambic pentameter
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A figure of speech in which words are used in such a way that their intended meaning is different from the actual meaning of the words.
Irony
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A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object true.
Metaphor
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An eight-line stanza.
Octave
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A word that imitates the sound it represents.
Onomatopoeia
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Two words with opposite meanings put together in a sentence.
Paradox
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Giving human qualities to an animal, object, or idea.
Personification
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A line or set of lines repeated over the course of a poem.
Refrain
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At the word at the end of the sentence sounds the same.
Rhyme
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A group of lines in a poem.
Stanza
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The feelings and the mood in a poem.
Tone
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Card 2

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A reference to another work of literature, person, or event.

Back

Allusion

Card 3

Front

Something left deliberately unclear.

Back

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Card 4

Front

The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses.

Back

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Card 5

Front

Repetition of vowel sounds.

Back

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