Poetry Terms

Christina F.
This is a vocabulary list of the most commonly used terms in poetry.
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  1. simile
    a figure of speech expressing a resemblance between things
  2. metaphor
    a figure of speech that suggests a non-literal similarity
  3. imagery
    the ability to form mental pictures of things or events
  4. allusion
    passing reference or indirect mention
  5. symbol
    something visible that represents something invisible
  6. symbolism
    the practice of investing things with arbitrary meaning
  7. irony
    incongruity between what might be expected and what occurs
  8. alliteration
    use of the same consonant at the beginning of each word
  9. connotation
    an idea that is implied or suggested
  10. denotation
    the most direct or specific meaning of a word or expression
  11. speaker
    someone who expresses in language
Created on Wed Jun 29 10:19:57 EDT 2011

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