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May 13, 2015
Poetry / Literary Terminology
You should already be acquainted with most of the following terms. Go through the chart and =ill in the blanks. Each term should include a de=inition as well as an example.
Term
Simile
Metaphor
Alliteration
De&inition
a comparison of two things using “like” or “as”
Example
“Life is like a box of chocolates”
A comparison of two thing without using “like” or “as”
“He is a Lion”
The repetition of initial sounds in a series of words
“The slithery snake slithered down the sidewalk”
An extreme exaggeration
Hyperbole
“She was hungry enough to eat a horse”
Words which sounds give description as to their meaning
Onomatopoeia
“Sound words”
“crash, pow, bang, buzz, pop”
A “play on words”
Pun
“I wondered why the baseball was getting bigger . . . then it hit me.”
Words that sound the same
Rhyme
Zone
Alone
Tone
Repeating words for effect
Repetition
Symbolism
Personi&ication
“The noise arose and increased … it grew louder-­‐louder-­‐louder!”
Gaining meaning from a symbol
“She was the apple of his eye”
Giving human characteristics to inanimate objects
“The wind whistled”
“The sun smiled down on the town”
Oxymoron
Presenting an idea containing two opposite individual meanings
“jumbo shrimp” or “awfully good”
A set of words
Stanza
Apostrophe
Similar to a verse
Addressing someone or something that is absent, abstract, or inanimate
Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
Home work boring,
And vegetables are too.
“Come on clock! Move faster!” might be said on a slow Friday afternoon during 7th block.
Three Types
-­‐ Verbal Irony
-­‐ Situational Irony
Irony
-­‐ Dramatic Irony
“I’m so graceful!” said the girl when she tripped on the curb and fell down.
“The =ireman’s house burned down.”
Romeo thinks Juliet is dead, but the audience knows she’s just sleeping.
Using a well known &igure/character as a comparison for meaning
Allusion
“Christy didn’t like to spend money, but she was no Scrooge.”