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Poetic Terms/ Poets & Poems
Poets & Poems
100
the writing or speech that is used to create vivid impressions by setting up comparisons between dissimilar things
What is figurative language
100
the repetition of similar VOWEL sounds in the stressed syllables of successive words
What is assonance
100
a comparison made WITHOUT using "like" or "as"
What is a simile
100
a stanza consisting of two successive lines of poetry
What is a couplet
100
"The Bells" poet
Who is Edgar Allen Poe
200
the person talking in the poem
Who is the speaker
200
placing 2 very unlikely things next to each other to create contrast
What is juxtaposition
200
the unifying idea or message
What is theme
200
a rhyme between words in the same line
What is internal rhyme
200
"The Seven Ages of Man" poet
Who is William Shakespeare
300
a reference to another work of literature, event, or person
What is an allusion
300
attributing human qualities to something that is not human
What is personification
300
an expression that has been overused to the extent that its freshness has worn off
What is cliche
300
"A Dream Deferred" poet
Who is Langston Hughes
300
"Hope is the Thing with Feathers" poet
Who is Emily Dickinson
400
something visible that represents something invisible
What is a symbol
400
word choice
What is diction
400
word or phrase (including slang) used in everyday conversation and informal writing
What is colloquialism
400
"I Hear America Singing" poet
Who is Walt Whitman
400
"The Road Not Taken" poet
Who is Robert Frost
500
a figure of speech that uses strong exaggeration
What is a hyperbole
500
the dictionary definition of meaning of a word
What is denotation
500
using words that imitate the sound they mean
What is onomatopoeia
500
"Fifteen" poet
Who is William Stafford
500
"Women" poet
Who is Alice Walker
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