Knights AP English - Poetic Devices

	the repetition of similar sounds, usually consonants or consonant clusters at the beginning of words.
	a reference to a person, a place, an event, or a literary work that a writer expects the reader to recognize and respond to.
	a figure of speech in which an absent or a dead person, an abstract quality, or something non-human is addressed directly
	repetition of similar vowel sounds
	verse written in unrhymed iambic pentameter
	a break or pause in a line of poetry
	a kind of developed metaphor that makes a comparison between two startlingly different things
	all the emotions and associations that a word or phrase may arouse
	the repetition of similar consonant sounds in a group of words
	any two consecutive lines that rhyme
	the literal or dictionary meaning of a word
	a writers choice of words, particularly for clarity, effectiveness, and precision
	the reader or audience perceives something that a character in the story or play does not know
	a discrepancy between the expected results of some action or situation and its actual results
	a poem of mourning, usually over the death of an individual
	rhymes that occur at the ends of lines
	a long narrative poem telling about the deeds of a great hero and reflecting the values of the society from which it originated
	verse that has either no metrical pattern or an irregular pattern
	two consecutive lines of rhymed iambic pentameter
	a rhythm pattern of five metric feet of light, then heavy beats.
	words or phrases that appeal to the senses and create pictures or images in the reader's mind
	rhymes that occur within lines of a poem
	a contrast or an incongruity between what is stated and what is really meant, or between what is expected to happen and what really happens.
	a poem, usually short, that expresses a speaker's personal thoughts or feelings
	a figure of speech that makes a comparison between two things that are basically dissimilar
	a generally regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in poetry, measure of the rhythm of a poetic line
	a figure of speech in which something very closely associated with a thing is used to stand for or suggest the thing itself. (the "crown" instead of the "king")
	feeling created in the reader by the literary work
	a recurring feature such as a name, an image or a phrase in a work of literature
	a poem that tells a story
	the use of a word whose sound in some degree imitates or suggests its meaning
	a figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory ideas or terms
	the use of phrases, clauses, or sentences that are similar or complementary in structure or meaning
	a type of poem that deals in an idealized way with shepherds and rustic life.
	a figure of speech in which something nonhuman is given human qualities
	stanza or poem with four lines
	a word, phrase, line, or group of lines repeated regularly in a poem, usually at the end of each stanza
	repeated words or phrases
	the pattern of rhymes in a poem
	the repetition of sounds in two or more words or phrases that appear close to each other in a poem
	the arrangement of stressed and unstressed syllables in to a pattern
	six line stanza
	comparison made between two things through the use of a specific word of comparison such as like or as
	fourteen line lyric poem, usually written in iambic pentameter
	persona or person speaking in the poem
	verse of a poem
	a figure of speech that substitutes a part for the whole (the prow coursed through the water)
	the general idea or insight about life that a writer wishes to express in a literary work
	attitude demonstrated by the writer toward his or her subject
	discrepancy between what is said and what is meant
	the story represents something else. There is a literal level plus a symbolic level. (Animal Farm)
	the sentence within the poetry extend through one line and continues in the next line or lines
	the basic unit that describes the underlying rhythm of a poem
	an extravagant statement or figure of speech not intended to be taken literally (i'ts raining cats and dogs)
	a statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth
	a literary medium distinguished from poetry especially by its greater irregularity and variety of rhythm and its closer correspondence to the patterns of everyday speech
	the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice , folly, etc.
	something used for or regarded as representing something else; a material object representing something, often something immaterial; emblem, token, or sign
	A single metrical line in a poetic composition; one line of poetry
	latter two syllables of first word rhyme with latter two syllables of second word (ceiling appealing)