Poetry Terms

a literary work in which characters, objects, or actions represent abstractions.

using a part of something to represent the entire object: referring to a car as "wheels"

a statement in which two opposing ideas are balanced

an intensely vehement, highly emotional verbal attack

a concise statement that expresses a general truth or idea

needless repetition which adds no meaning or understanding

a repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of consecutive lines or sentences

placing two elements side by side to present a comparison or contrast

a strong verbal denunciation or smearing

"Let us never negotiate out of fear, but let us never fear to negotiate." John F. Kennedy

when punctuation cuts into a line of poetry

type of understatement where an idea is expressed by negating its opposite

a familiar proverb or wise saying

when a line of poetry ends with some form of punctuation

a construction in which one word is used in two different senses

Erotema

A word free from limitations or qualifications ("best," "all," "unique")

the attitude of the writer stemming from the work itself toward the reader

how the reader feels while reading a work, or the atmosphere

a three-part deductive argument in which a conclusion is based on a major and minor premise

the quality in a work that prompts the reader to feel pity

nonstandard grammatical usage or violation of grammar

a sermon or a moralistic lecture

an expression in a given language that cannot be understood literally

figure of speech in which one directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or abstraction

mistaken substitution of one word for another that sounds similar

an image or character type that occurs frequently in literature or myth and is universal

substituting the name of an object for one closely related: The pen is mightier than the sword.

the word, phrase, or clause to which a pronoun refers

a concise statement, often offering advice

a recognizable reference to something literary, mythological, or historical

What term describes: "I like chocolate and ice cream and cake."

What term describes "I came, I saw, I conquered."

when a line of poetry runs over without stopping

describing one kind of sensation in terms of another: loud color, sweet sound