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Poetry Vocabulary

Part III. Poetry Vocabulary. Allusion (n). Allusion (noun). A figure of speech where the speaker/narrator refers to another (usually famous) person, place, or work of art. Harriet Tubman was thought of as the Moses of her time. You could say that chocolate is my Kryptonite. Anecdote (n).

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Poetry Vocabulary

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  1. Part III Poetry Vocabulary

  2. Allusion (n)

  3. Allusion (noun) • A figure of speech where the speaker/narrator refers to another (usually famous) person, place, or work of art. • Harriet Tubman was thought of as the Moses of her time. • You could say that chocolate is my Kryptonite.

  4. Anecdote (n)

  5. Anecdote (noun) • A short and amusing story about a real incident or person • TURKEY TROUBLES: A lady was picking through the frozen turkeys at the grocery store, but couldn't find one big enough for her family. She asked a stock boy, "Do these turkeys get any bigger?“ The stock boy replied, "No, ma'am, they are dead.“ • ARMY TRAINING: At one army base, the annual trip to the rifle range had been cancelled for the second year in a row, but the semi-annual physical fitness test was still on as planned. One soldier mused, "Does it bother anyone else that the Army  doesn't seem to care how well we can shoot, but they are extremely interested in how fast we can run?"

  6. Flashback (n)

  7. Flashback (noun) • A scene that takes a story back in time from the story’s current events • I walked out of the room, and saw the portrait of my mother in the otherwise empty hallway. *I remembered, years ago, my father would stare mindlessly at it for minutes, sometimes hours, before a bird chirping would awaken him from his trance.* Without warning, a bird chirped, and I immediately tore my eyes away from that portrait.

  8. Dialect(n)

  9. Dialect (noun) • Use of words or phrases that are limited to a certain area • NORTH: “Plug that IN for me, please.” • SOUTH: “Plug that UP for me, please.” • NORTH: “HIT the lights!” • SOUTH: “CUT OFF the lights!”

  10. Foreshadow(n)

  11. Foreshadow (noun) • An intentional hint in a story of events to come; a prediction • We took a few minutes to cast our votes, even though we all knew that Obama was going to become president. • The knight drew his sword, preparing for the battle that knew was coming.

  12. Iambic Pentameter(n)

  13. Iambic Pentameter (noun) • A pattern in poetry where each line has ten syllables that alternate unstressed and stressed beats • da DUM da DUM da DUM da DUM da DUM • To swell the gourd, and plump the hazel shells

  14. Motif (n)

  15. Motif (noun) • A recurring theme, idea, concept, or element in a literary work • The motif in the story, “The Boy Who Cried Wolf” is that when you always lie, no one believes you when you tell the truth. • “The Butter Battle” has an anti-war motif.

  16. Speaker (n)

  17. Speaker (noun) • The person, place, object, or idea that is telling the events that occur in a poem • The speaker is NOT always the poet!!! • The speaker in “The Butter Battle” is the grandfather who is telling his grandson about The Wall. • The speaker in “Jabberwocky” is an all-knowing person who is NOT a character in the poem.

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