Reorganize this list into those that pertain to sound and those that pertain to sense. Find an example of each from poetry available on the internet. Expect a quiz over the items in this list once a week for the next three weeks. First quiz on Friday, September 17.
1) alliteration - the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words or within words
2) allusion - a passing reference to historical or fictional characters, places, events, or other works that the writer assumes the reader will recognize
3) ambiguity - the multiple meanings, either intentional or unintentional, of a word, phrase, sentence, or passage
4) anachronism - "Misplaced in time." An aspect of a story that doesn't belong in its supposed time setting
5) assonance - the close repetition of vowel sounds between different consonant sounds (they are not exact rhymes)
6) apostrophe - a figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction, such as liberty or love
7) asyndeton - the omission of conjunctions for effect
8) ballad - a sung poem about a hero usually ending in tragedy
9) blank verse - unrhymed, iambic pentameter
10) consonance - the close repetition of identical consonant sounds before and after differing vowel sounds
11) couplets - two consecutive rhymed lines of poetry with the same meter
12) elegy - a poem of sorrow or mourning for the dead; also a reflective poem in a solemn or sorrowful mood
13) end rhyme - when the rhymes in a poem appear at the end of a line
14) epigram - a short poem or verse that seeks to ridicule a thought or event, usually with witticism or sarcasm.
15) foot - the basic unit of rhythm consisting of at least one accented syllable (/) and one or more unaccented syllables (~ )
16) Free Verse - poetry that is “free” of the regular beat of meter, relying on the poet’s sensitivity to the music of natural speech rhythms
17) haiku - a lyric and unrhymed poem that captures the sense of a moment in a simple natural image; it consists of seventeen syllables broken down into three lines (5 in the first, 7 in the second, and 5 in the third)
18) hyperbole - obvious exaggeration for humor or emphasis
19) imagery - descriptive and colorful writing putting pictures in minds
20) initial rhyme - when the rhymes in a poem appear at the beginning of a line
21) internal rhyme - when the rhymes in a poem appear in the middle of a line
22) lyric - a lyric is a song-like poem written mainly to express the feelings of emotions or thought from a particular person, thus separating it from narrative poems.
23) metaphor - a comparison without using “like” or “as” (also, see extended metaphor)
24) metonomy - from the Greek "changed label", the name of one object is substituted for that of another closely associated with it (eg "the White House" for the President)
25) onomatopoeia - the use of words whose sound imitates the sound of the thing being named
26) parody - the imitative use of the words, style, attitude. tone, and ideas of an author in such a way as to make them ridiculous
27) paradox - a statement that appears to be self-contradictory or opposed to common sense but upon closer inspection contains some degree of truth or validity
28) pastoral-A poem set in tranquil nature or even more specifically, one about shepherds.
29) personification - giving non human things human traits
30) plagiarism - using another writer’s ideas or words as one’s own
31) polysyndeton - the overuse of conjunctions for effect
32) pun-The usually humorous use of a word in such a way to suggest two or more meanings
33) refrain-A line or set of lines repeated several times over the course of a poem.
34) satire - a work that targets human vices and follies or social institutions and conventions for reform or ridicule
35) simile - a comparison using “like” or “as”

36) situational irony - when the opposite of what is expected occurs
37) sonnet - a fourteen-line lyric poem in iambic pentameter
38) stanza - a section or division in a poem (a grouping of lines in a recurring pattern)
39) symbol - something that represents itself and something else
40) theme - a main idea or important idea in a work