Poetry Vocab- Asad

1. a rhetorical device that is a memorable, brief, interesting, and surprising satirical statement.
4. Rhyme- rhyme that occurs within a single line of verse, or between internal phrases across multiple lines.
5. An attitude of a writer toward a subject or an audience.
8. A figure of speech that makes a comparison, showing similarities between two different things.
9. It can be defined as the use of words and phrases that are distinguished as having a wide range of noteworthy melody or loveliness in the sounds they create.
10. Scheme- the pattern of rhymes at the end of each line in a song or poem
12. quatrain is a verse with four lines, or even a full poem containing four lines, having an independent and separate theme.
13. when a speaker directly addresses someone or something that isn't present in the poem.
18. a foot containing unaccented and short syllables, followed by a long and accented syllable in a single line of a poem (unstressed/stressed syllables).
19. A form of figurative language in which something that is not human is given human characteristics.
20. a kind of poem, usually praising something. .
21. used for language and description that appeals to our five senses. When a writer attempts to describe something so that it appeals to our sense of smell, sight, taste, touch, or hearing
22. Consonance refers to repetitive sounds produced by consonants within a sentence or phrase.

2. the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
3. term can also be used to refer to a stanza or other parts of poetry.
6. when two contradictory words are together in one phrase
7. a grouped set of lines within a poem, usually set off from other stanzas by a blank line or indentation.
8. Sonnet- a poem with three quatrains, using a rhyme scheme of abab cdcd efef, followed by an ending couplet of two lines with a rhyme scheme of gg.
10. a literary device that repeats the same words or phrases a few times to make an idea clearer and more memorable
11. polite, indirect expressions which replace words and phrases considered harsh and impolite or which suggest something unpleasant
14. rhythm is expressed through stressed and unstressed syllables.
15. Lyric is a collection of verses and choruses, making up a complete song, or a short and non-narrative poem.
16. an epic is a long narrative poem, which is usually related to heroic deeds of a person of an unusual courage and unparalleled bravery.
17. imitation of a writer, artist, subject, or genre in such a way as to make fun of or comment on the original work.