Poetic Terms

Extreme exaggeration for an effect is

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

• Line

• Rhyme

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Difference between what is expected and what happens is

• Coincidence

• Allusion

• Irony

• Hyperbole

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

The dictionary meaning of a word is

• denotation

• definition

• connotation

• simile

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CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Repeating the initial consonant sounds in a line is

• Allusion

• Imagery

• Irony

• Alliteration

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

Words that sound similar in pronunciation are said to

• Rhyme

• Allude

• Refer

• Relate

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

Giving human-like qualities to something not human is

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Simile

• Irony

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Comparing two things N0T using “like” or “as” is

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

• Symbolism

• Simile

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Not the dictionary meaning, but emotion attached words are called

• Connotation

• Definition

• Allusion

• Denotation

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CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

A single numbered line of poetry; a poetic sentence is

• a stanza

• a rhyme

• a line

• a metaphor

Repetition of vowel sounds in a poem to create internal rhyme is

• assonance

• alliteration

• allusion

• symbolism

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CCSS.L.9-10.5