Elements of Poetry Flashcards

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Imagery
Discribes words and phrases that re-create vivid sensory experiences for teh reader
Alliteration
Repitition of initial consonant sounds
Denotation
Literal or dictionary meaning
Free verse
Poetry that does not contain regular patterns of rhyme and meter
Personification
Human qualities are attributed to an object, animal, or idea
Theme
Central idea or message in a work of literature
Simile
Comparrison between 2 things that are actually unlike but have something in common (like, as)
Meter
Repitition of a regular rhythmic unit in a line of poetry
Connotation
Emotional response evoked by a word, in contrast to its denotation
Allusion
Indirect reference to a historical or literary person, place, thing, or event with which the reader is assumed to be familiar with
Symbol
Person, place, or object that represents somehting beyond itself
Paradox
Contradictory or absurd statement that may nonetheless suggest an important truth
Tone
Attitude a writer takes toward a subject
Metaphor
Makes a comparison between 2 things that have something in common
Sonnet
Lyric poem of 14 lines, commonly written in iambic pentameter