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Poetry Terms

Poetry Terms. denotation. the direct specific meaning of a word Example: Dark: 1 .having  very little or no light:  2. radiating , admitting, or reflecting little  light 3. approaching black  in  hue 4. not  pale or fair;  swarthy 5. brunette ;  dark-colored. connotation.

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Poetry Terms

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  1. Poetry Terms

  2. denotation • the direct specific meaning of a word Example: Dark: 1.having very little or no light:  2.radiating, admitting, or reflecting little light 3.approachingblack in hue 4.not pale or fair; swarthy 5.brunette; dark-colored

  3. connotation • the suggested meaning of a word apart from the thing it explicitly names or describes Example: Dark: black, evil, undesirable, frightening, fear, wickedness, or a place where God does not dwell

  4. pun • the usually humorous use of a word in such a way as to suggest two or more of its meanings or the meaning of another word similar in sound Example: The delicatessen is sandwiched, if you'll pardon the pun, between two stores.

  5. imagery • visually descriptive or figurative language, esp. in a literary work Example: “Summer in the City”, Lovin’ Spoonful Hot town, summer in the city Back of my neck getting dirty and grittyBeen down, isn't it a pityDoesn't seem to be a shadow in the cityAll around, people looking half deadWalking on the sidewalk, hotter than a match head

  6. simile • a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as Examples: She floats down the aisle Like a pageant queen. Like a rock, I was strong as I could be Like a rock, nothin' ever got to me  Like a child you whisper softly to me You're in control just like a child And it seems to me you lived your life Like a candle in the wind 

  7. metaphor • figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them  Examples: If this town is just an appleThen let me take a bite Ooh, your love is a symphonyAll around me, running through me My Heart's a stereoIt beats for you so listen close

  8. symbol • something that stands for or suggests something else by reason of relationship, association, convention, or accidental resemblance Examples: “Welcome to the Jungle”, Skid Row “Hotel California”, The Eagles “American Pie”, Don McLean

  9. allusion • A reference – whether explicit or implicit, to history, the Bible, myth, literature, painting, music, etc. – that suggests the meaning or generalized implication of details in a work of literature. Examples: Cause you were Romeo, I was a scarlet letter And my daddy said stay away from Juliet  Chocolate was her Achilles heel. Allusion Examples

  10. understatement • to represent as less than is the case Ex: Oh, I’m okay. I just have this little tumor on my brain.

  11. hyperbole •  extravagant exaggeration Ex: There’s enough food here to feed a whole army.

  12. personification • representation of a thing or abstraction as a person or human form Ex: a personification of “justice” as a woman with her eyes covered

  13. paradox • a statement that is seemingly contradictory or opposed to common sense and yet is perhaps true Ex: I have to be cruel to be kind.

  14. alliteration • the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables Ex: The president predicted the precarious situation we found ourselves in today.

  15. rhyme • Two or more words corresponding in sound Ex: Jadoon platoon on the moon.

  16. assonance • repetition of vowels without repetition of consonants  Ex: the silken sad uncertain rustling of each purple curtain

  17. consonance • recurrence or repetition of consonants especially at the end of stressed syllables without the similar correspondence of vowels Ex: 'First and last,' 'odds and ends,' 'short and sweet,' 'a stroke of luck,' 'struts and frets'

  18. euphony • pleasing or sweet sound Ex: And lucent syrops, tinct with cinnamon;Manna and dates, in argosy transferredFrom Fez; and spiced dainties, every oneFrom silken Samarcand to cedar'd Lebanon. "for the moon never beams without bringing me dreams"

  19. cacophony • harsh or discordant sound Ex: ‘Twasbrillig, and the slithytovesDid gyre and gimble in the wabe;All mimsy were the borogoves,anAnd the momerathsoutgrabe. “Beware the Jabberwock, my son!The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!Beware the Jubjub bird, and shunThe frumiousBandersnatch!”

  20. onomatopoeia • the naming of a thing or action by a vocal imitation of the sound associated with it Ex: buzz, hiss, boom, bang, crack

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