Poetry Terms English 10-2

One of three major types of literature, makes use of highly concise, musical, and emotionally charged language

• poetry

• connotation

• prose

• nonfiction

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Word blending the sounds and meanings of two other words

• assonance

• alliteration

• portmanteau words

• free verse

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Its dictionary meaning, independent of other associations that the word may have

• denotation

• cliche

• elegy

• connotation

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Set of ideas associated with it in addition to its explicit meaning

• connotation

• denotation

• ballad

• figurative language

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Use of words that imitate sounds

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

• allusion

• couplet

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Repetition of vowel sounds followed by different consonants in two or more stressed syllables

• assonance

• iambic pentameter

• alliteration

• allusion

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Repetition of initial consonant sounds to give emphasis to words, to imitate sounds, and to create musical effects

• alliteration

• assonance

• portmanteau words

• cliche

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Worn-out expressions, overused comparisons

• cliche

• symbol

• simile

• poetry

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Reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art

• allusion

• symbol

• tone

• oxymoron

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Figure of speech in which the words like or as are used to compare two apparently dissimilar items

• simile

• metaphor

• oxymoron

• poetry

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