Imagery- representation through language, making the words palpable
Visual Imagery- something described through sight, appears most commonly in poetry.
Auditory Imagery- representation of a sound
Olfactory Imagery- representation of a smell
Gustatory Imagery- representation of a taste
Tactile Imagery- tough: hardness, softness, wetness, heat, cold
Organic Imagery- internal senation, hunger, thirst, fatigue, nausea
Kinesthetic Imagery- movement, physical tension
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Figurative Language-language using figures of speech; cannot be taken literally
Simile- a direct comparison of two unlike objects, using like/as
Personification- giving human qualities to an object
Hyperbole- gross exaggeration for effect; overstatement
Antithesis- juxtaposes oppostite ideas, heightens parallelism
Symbol- the use of one object to suggest another hidden object or idea.
Allusion- a reference to an outside fact, event, or other source
*Common allusion: Biblical, historical, literary
Connotation- symbolic "baggage" attached to a word, significant, rich in imagery... the deeper meaning
Denotation- actual definition... think dictionary
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Incorporating melodic devices gives poetry a desired tone, word selection is vital. Melodic Devices- gives rhythmic, metered patterns to poetry
Alliteration- first letter repetition
Onomatopoeia- sound words
~Example: BAM! SPLAT! hiss... WHAM! CRASH!
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Rhyme- similarity or likeness of sound existing between two words
End Rhyme- occurring at the end of two or more lines of verse
Internal Rhyme- occurs between two or more words in the same line of verse.
Masculine Rhyme- one syllable rhymes with one syllable of another word
~ex:light, bright
Feminine Rhyme- occurs when the last two syllables of a word rhyme with another.
~ex: lighting, fighting
Rhyme Scheme- pattern or sequence in which rhyme occurs[a,b,a,b]
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Visual Imagery- something described through sight, appears most commonly in poetry.
Auditory Imagery- representation of a sound
Olfactory Imagery- representation of a smell
Gustatory Imagery- representation of a taste
Tactile Imagery- tough: hardness, softness, wetness, heat, cold
Organic Imagery- internal senation, hunger, thirst, fatigue, nausea
Kinesthetic Imagery- movement, physical tension
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Figurative Language-language using figures of speech; cannot be taken literally
Simile- a direct comparison of two unlike objects, using like/as
Personification- giving human qualities to an object
Hyperbole- gross exaggeration for effect; overstatement
Antithesis- juxtaposes oppostite ideas, heightens parallelism
Symbol- the use of one object to suggest another hidden object or idea.
Allusion- a reference to an outside fact, event, or other source
*Common allusion: Biblical, historical, literary
Connotation- symbolic "baggage" attached to a word, significant, rich in imagery... the deeper meaning
Denotation- actual definition... think dictionary
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Incorporating melodic devices gives poetry a desired tone, word selection is vital. Melodic Devices- gives rhythmic, metered patterns to poetry
Alliteration- first letter repetition
Onomatopoeia- sound words
~Example: BAM! SPLAT! hiss... WHAM! CRASH!
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Rhyme- similarity or likeness of sound existing between two words
End Rhyme- occurring at the end of two or more lines of verse
Internal Rhyme- occurs between two or more words in the same line of verse.
Masculine Rhyme- one syllable rhymes with one syllable of another word
~ex:light, bright
Feminine Rhyme- occurs when the last two syllables of a word rhyme with another.
~ex: lighting, fighting
Rhyme Scheme- pattern or sequence in which rhyme occurs[a,b,a,b]
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