Poetry Terms

Poetry Terms

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English

9th Grade

Hard

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1.

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What is Tone in poetry?

Back

Tone refers to the attitude of a writer toward a subject they are writing about.

2.

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Front

What is Personification?

Back

Personification is assigning human qualities to something that is not human.

3.

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Front

What is Diction?

Back

Diction refers to word choice.

4.

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What is Enjambment?

Back

Enjambment is a term used in poetry to refer to lines that end without punctuation and without completing a sentence or clause.

5.

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Front

What is Mood in poetry?

Back

Mood is the emotional response that the writer wishes to evoke in the reader through a story, poem, play, etc.

6.

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What is a Metaphor?

Back

A metaphor is a figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'.

7.

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Front

What is a Simile?

Back

A simile is a figure of speech that compares two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'.

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