English IV: Poetry Terms 2025

The repetition of vowel sounds in words that are close together in a sentence or verse.

The use of words whose sounds suggest their meanings.

A literary device that involves repeating the same consonant sound at the beginning of multiple words in a sentence or phrase.

Occurs when words share the same consonant sounds, but they come after different vowel sounds.

Assonance

Alliteration

Consonance

Onomatopoeia

consonant

vowel

syllable

rhyming

Alliteration

Consonance

Assonance

Onomatopoeia

An essential discrepancy or incongruity between the expectation and the reality. Types include: Verbal, Situational, Dramatic.

A direct statement of fact without any hidden meaning.

A form of exaggeration used to emphasize a point.

A comparison between two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'.

Irony creates meaning in the contrast between appearances and reality, often provoking reflection and deeper insight. It becomes a powerful vehicle for poets to convey their thematic messages.

Irony always creates humor and light-heartedness, making poems less serious.

Irony removes all ambiguity from a poem, making its meaning straightforward and clear.

Irony primarily serves to confuse readers and obscure the poet's message.

The deliberate repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of several successive lines, sentences, clauses, stanzas or paragraphs.

A figure of speech in which contradictory terms appear in conjunction.

A reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art.

The attribution of human characteristics to something nonhuman.

Provides emphasis for crucial ideas; appeals to the reader's emotions and often 'persuades' through its repetition.

Creates a sense of confusion and randomness in the poem.

Limits the emotional impact of the poem by reducing repetition.

Distracts the reader from the main theme of the poem.

A figure of speech where objects and animals are given human characteristics.

A type of poem that tells a story.

A comparison using 'like' or 'as'.

A word that imitates a sound.

Helps the reader develop a connection between a distant object or idea and feel empathy or sympathy for that idea or object.

It makes the text more difficult to understand by using complex vocabulary.

It provides factual information about objects and ideas without emotion.

It removes all emotions from the text, making it more objective.