Poetic Techniques and Literary Devices: A Comprehensive Guide, Quizzes of Poetry

Download Poetic Techniques and Literary Devices: A Comprehensive Guide and more Quizzes Poetry in PDF only on Docsity! TERM 1 Slant Rhyme DEFINITION 1 consonants are the same, but the vowels are different Ex: sun and rain, bone and bean Also called near rhyme, off rhyme, or imperfect rhyme TERM 2 Exact Rhyme DEFINITION 2 identical in sound, sounds in which follow the initial letters of the words are the same Ex: follow and hollow TERM 3 Masculine Rhyme DEFINITION 3 one syllable rhyme Ex: bail and jail TERM 4 Feminine Rhyme DEFINITION 4 two or more syllable rhymes Ex: turtle and furtle TERM 5 Alliteration DEFINITION 5 repeating use of similar consonant sounds TERM 6 Assonance DEFINITION 6 repetition of two or more vowel sounds in successive words Ex: all the awful augaries or white lilacs TERM 7 Apostrophe DEFINITION 7 direct address to somehthing that is not normally adressed or spoken to Ex: oh, moon TERM 8 Synecoche DEFINITION 8 the use of a significant part of a things to stand for the whole of it or vice versa. Ex: saying wheels for car TERM 9 Paradox DEFINITION 9 A paradox is a statement or group of statements that leads to a contradiction or a situation which defies intuition. TERM 10 Hyperbole DEFINITION 10 Hyperbole (, from ancient Greek "-", meaning excess or exaggeration) is a figure of speech in which statements are exaggerated. TERM 21 Poetic Diction DEFINITION 21 systems of words allowed to be used, 1660's-1780's language poetry high style TERM 22 Vulgate Diction DEFINITION 22 speech not much affected by schooling TERM 23 Colloquial DEFINITION 23 casual conversation or informal writing of literate people TERM 24 General English Diction DEFINITION 24 most literate speech and writing academic with no jargon TERM 25 Formal English Diction DEFINITION 25 impersonal language of educated people, used at dignified occasions TERM 26 Denotation DEFINITION 26 meaning as defined in a dictionary TERM 27 Connotations DEFINITION 27 overtones or suggestions of additional meaning that it gains from all contexts