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POETIC TERMSPOETIC TERMS
English IIIMr. Wallock
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A reference to a A reference to a historical figure, historical figure, place, or eventplace, or 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 hand
And 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 brightIn 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.”
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