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1. (REPOST)
POETICDEVICES & LITERARY TERMS USE IN POETRY ANALYSIS
ALLITERATION - is the repetitionof initial consonantsounds.
ALLUSION - isa director indirectreference toafamiliarfigure,place oreventfromhistory,literature,
mythologyorthe Bible.
APOSTROPHE- a figure of speechinwhichapersonnot presentisaddressed.
ASSONANCE- isa close repetitionof similarvowel sounds,usuallyinstressedsyllables.
ATMOSPHERE / MOOD - is the prevailingfeelingthatiscreatedina story or poem.
CACOPHONY- Harsh soundsintroducedforpoeticeffect - sometimeswordsthatare difficultto
pronounce.
CLICHE - an overusedexpressionthathaslostitsintendedforce ornovelty
CONNOTATION - the emotionalsuggestionsattachedtowordsbeyondtheirstrictdefinitions.
CONSONANCE- the close repetitionof identical consonantsoundsbefore andafterdifferentvowels.
CONTRAST- the comparisonorjuxtapositionof thingsthatare different
DENOTATION - the dictionarymeaningof words.
DISSONANCE- the juxtapositionof harshjarringsoundsinone ormore lines.
EUPHONY - agreeable soundsthatare easytoarticulate.
EXTENDED METAPHOR - an impliedcomparisonbetweentwothingswhichare essentiallynotalike.
These pointsof comparisonare continuedthroughoutthe selection.
FIGURATIVELANGUAGE - Language usedinsuch a way as to force wordsout of theirliteral meaningsby
emphasizingtheirconnotationstobringnew insightandfeelingtothe subject.
HYPERBOLE - an exaggerationinthe service of truth -anoverstatement.IDIOM- isa termor phrase that
cannot be understoodbya literal translation,butrefersinsteadtoafigurative meaningthatis
understoodthroughcommonuse.
IMAGERY - is the representationthroughlanguage of senseexperience.The image mostoftensuggests
a mental picture,butan image mayalsorepresentasound,smell,taste ortactile experience.
IRONY- is a literarydevice whichrevealsconcealedorcontradictorymeanings.
JARGON - language peculiartoaparticulartrade,professionorgroup.
JUXTAPOSITION - isthe overlappingormixingof opposite ordifferentsituations,characters,settings,
moods,or pointsof viewinorderto clarifymeaning,purpose,orcharacter,or to heightencertain
moods,especiallyhumour,horror,andsuspense.

2. ContrastLITERAL LANGUAGE - what issaidis basedinrealitywithoutthe comparisonsusedinfigurative
language.
LITOTES - a form of understatementinwhichsomethingissaidbydenyingthe opposite.
METAPHOR - a comparisonbetweentwothingswhichare essentiallydissimilar.The comparisonis
impliedratherthandirectlystated.
METER - any regularpatternof rhythm basedon stressedandunstressedsyllables.
METONYMY - use of a closelyrelatedideaforthe ideaitself.
MOOD - see atmosphere
ONOMATOPOEIA - the use of words whichsoundlike whattheymean.
OXYMORON - twowords placedclose togetherwhichare contradictory,yethave truthinthem.
PARADOX - a statementinwhichthere isan apparentcontradictionwhichisactuallytrue.
PERSONIFICATION- givinghumanattributestoananimal,objectoridea.
RHYME - wordsthat soundalike
RHYME SCHEME - any patternof rhymesinpoetry.Each new soundisassignedthe nextletterinthe
alphabet.
RHYTHM - a seriesof stressedoraccentedsyllablesinagroup of words,arrangedso that the reader
expectsasimilarseriestofollow.
SIMILE - a comparisonbetweentwothingswhichare essentiallydissimilar.The comparisonisdirectly
statedthroughwordssuch as like,as,thanor resembles.
SPEAKER- the "voice"whichseemstobe tellingthe poem.Notthe same as the poet;thisislike a
narrator.
SYMBOL - a symbol hastwolevelsof meaning,aliteral level andafigurative level.Characters,objects,
eventsandsettingscanall be symbolicinthattheyrepresentsomethingelsebeyondthemselves.
SYNEDOCHE - the use of a part forthe whole idea.
THEME - is the central ideaof the story, usuallyimpliedratherthandirectlystated.Itisthe writer'sidea
abut life andcan be impliedordirectlystatedthroughthe voice of the speaker.Itshouldnotbe
confusedwithmoral orplot.
TONE - isthe poet'sattitude towardhis/hersubjectorreaders.itissimilartotone of voice butshould
not be confusedwithmoodoratmosphere.Anauthor'stone mightbe sarcastic,sincere,humourous...
TROPE - a figure of speech inwhicha wordisusedoutside itsliteral meaning.Simile andmetaphorare
the two mostcommontropes.
UNDERSTATEMENT - thisis sayinglessthanwhatyoumeanin the service of truth.
VOICE- the creatingand artisticintelligence thatwe recognize behindanyspeaker.

3. 1.The termbiographymeans______________.
❤A.person’slifewrittenbyanother
2.The termanalogymeans______________.
❤B.similarity
The term epicmeans______________.
❤longnarrative poemaboutahero
The term atmosphere means ______________.
❤dominantmoodinastory
The term balladmeans_____________