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What is a speaker in poetry?
What does tone refer to in writing?
The writer's attitude toward his/her subject
What is irony?
A contrast between reality and expectation
What is diction in writing?
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What is imagery?
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What is an allusion?
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What does apostrophe mean in literature?
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What is a metaphor?
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What is kenning?
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What is conceit in literature?
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What is a Petrarchan conceit?
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What is a metaphysical conceit?
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What does metonymy mean?
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What is personification?
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What is a simile?
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What is a symbol in literature?
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What is synecdoche?
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What is synesthesia?
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What is alliteration?
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What is assonance?
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What is consonance?
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What is onomatopoeia?
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What is rhyme?
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What is end rhyme?
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What does masculine rhyme refer to?
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What does feminine rhyme mean?
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What is internal rhyme?
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What is slant rhyme?
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What is a metrical foot?
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Study Notes
Poetry and Literature Terms
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Speaker: The voice in a poem that conveys the message; may be the poet or a fictional persona.
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Tone: Represents the writer's attitude toward the subject matter.
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Irony: Involves a discrepancy between reality and what is expected.
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Diction: Refers to the choice of words made by the writer, encompassing both vocabulary and syntax.
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Imagery: Utilizes descriptive language to create vivid sensory experiences.
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Allusion: An indirect reference to a well-known person, place, event, or literary work.
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Apostrophe: A figure of speech addressing an object, abstract quality, or an absent/imaginary person directly.
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Metaphor: An implied comparison between unlike entities without using comparison words.
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Kenning: A metaphorical compound word or phrase used in place of a noun.
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Conceit: An elaborate and surprising figure of speech connecting two seemingly unrelated ideas.
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Petrarchan Conceit: An extended metaphor in love poetry, often depicting feelings of a despairing lover towards an idolized yet unresponsive mistress.
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Metaphysical Conceit: A complex and ingenious metaphor used by 17th-century metaphysical poets.
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Metonymy: A figure of speech where something is referred to by an associated term, e.g., using "the crown" to refer to a king or queen.
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Personification: Attributes human qualities to non-human entities; criticized by John Ruskin as "pathetic fallacy."
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Simile: A direct comparison between unlike things using "like" or "as."
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Symbol: A person, place, or object that signifies a deeper meaning beyond its literal sense.
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Synecdoche: A figure of speech where a part represents the whole, e.g., "our daily bread" meaning food.
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Synesthesia: Describes one sense using terms of another, e.g., color described as “loud yellow.”
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Alliteration: The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginnings of words.
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Assonance: Repetition of vowel sounds in stressed syllables that do not end with the same consonant.
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Consonance: The recurrence of similar consonant sounds in close proximity within a word.
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Onomatopoeia: Words that phonetically imitate their meanings.
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Rhyme: The matching sounds of vowels and succeeding sounds in words, contributing to poetic rhythm. Types include:
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End Rhyme: Rhyme occurring at the end of lines.
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Masculine Rhyme: A single stressed syllable rhyme at the line's end.
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Feminine Rhyme: A rhyme involving two or three syllables at the line's end.
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Internal Rhyme: Rhyming of words within one line.
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Slant Rhyme: A near but not exact rhyme between words.
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Metrical Foot: The basic rhythmic unit in poetry, consisting of two or three syllables.
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Iamb: A metrical foot of unstressed followed by stressed syllables.
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Trochee: A metrical foot of stressed followed by unstressed syllables.
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Anapest: A metrical foot of two unstressed syllables followed by a stressed syllable.
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