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POETIC TERMSPOETIC TERMS
English IIIMr. Wallock
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A reference to a A reference to a historical figure, place, historical figure, place,
or eventor event.
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The teams competed in a
David and Goliath struggle.
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A broad comparison between two basically different things
that have some points in common.
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Aspirations toward space are
not new. Consider the
worm that becomes a butterfly.
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A direct comparison between two basically different things. A simile is introduced by the
words “like” or “as”.
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My love is like a red, red
rose.
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An implied comparison between two basically different things. Is not
introduced with the words “like” or “as”.
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His eyes were
daggers that cut right
through me.
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A great exaggeration to emphasize strong
feeling.
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I will love you until all the
seas go dry.
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Human characteristics are given to non-human
animals, objects, or ideas.
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My stereo walked
out of my car.
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An absent person or inanimate object is directly spoken to as though they
were present.
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Brutus: “Ceasar, now be still. I killed not thee with
half so good a will.”
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A part stands for the whole or vice versa.
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The hands that created
the work of art were
masterful.
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Hints given to the reader of what is to
come.
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“The stalwart hero was
doomed to suffer the destined end
of his days.”
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The use of concrete details that appeal to the
five senses.
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Cold, wet leaves floating
on moss-colored water.
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A contrast between what is said and what is meant. Also, when things turn out different
than what is expected.
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“The treacherous instrument is in thy hand, unbated and envenomed. The foul practice has
turned itself on me.” Laertes
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The overall atmosphere or prevailing emotional
feeling of a work.
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“It was the best of times,
it was the worst of times.”
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A seemingly self-contradictory
statement that still is true.
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The more we learn, the less
we know.
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A series of events that present and resolve a
conflict. The story being told.
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The plot of “The Most Dangerous Game” is
that Rainsford is being hunted by General
Zaroff.
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The vantage point from which an author
presents the action in a work.
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1st person-tale related by a character in the story. “I or me”
3rd person-story told by someone not participating in the plot. “he,
she, they”
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The repetition of identical sounds at the ends of lines of poetry.
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“He clasps the crag with crooked handsClose to the sun in
lonely lands”from “The Eagle”
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The repetition of identical sounds within
a line of poetry.
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“We three shall flee across the sea to Italy.”Or
“Hold infinity in the palm of your handAnd eternity in an hour.”
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A slant rhyme or half rhyme occurs when the vowel sounds are not
quite identical.
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“And on that cheek and o’er that brow”
A mind at peace with all below”
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The time (both the time of day and period in history)
and place in which the action of a literary work
takes place.
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“Tiger! Tiger! burning bright
In the forests of the night”
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The repeating of a sound, word, phrase, or more in a given literary
work.
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“I sprang to the stirrup, and Jarvis, and he;I galloped, Derrick galloped, we galloped all three”
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The repetition of consonant sounds at
the beginnings of words.
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“Swiftly, swiftly flew the ship”
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The repetition of similar vowel sounds followed by different consonant.
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“. . .that hoard, and sleep, and
feed, and know not me.”
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The repetition of consonant sounds that
are preceded by different vowel sounds.
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“Wherever we go
Silence will fall like dews”
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The use of words whose sounds suggest the
sounds made by objects or activities.
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“Blind eyes could
blaze like meteors”
Other examples:
buzz, hum, kiss
Other examples:
buzz, hum, kiss
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Something concrete, such as an object, action, character, or
scene that stands for something abstract such as a concept or an
idea.
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“Do not go gentle into that good nightRage, Rage against the dying of the light”
Both phrases are symbols that
stand for death.
Both phrases are symbols that
stand for death.
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The main idea or underlying meaning
of a literary work.
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“Don’t judge a man until
you’ve walked a mile in his shoes”
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Comparing two very dissimilar things. Usually involves cleverness and
ingenuity.
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“Our love is like parallel
lines”
This is also a simile.This is also a simile.
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A term naming an object is substituted for another word
with which it is closely associated with.
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“Only through the sweat of your brow can you
achieve success”
“Sweat” stands for hard work.“Sweat” stands for hard work.
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A pair of rhymed verse lines that contain a complete thought.
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“But if the while I think on thee, dear friend,All losses are restor’d and sorrows end.”