Alliteration
The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected consonant sounds; repeating initial consonant sounds of words
Allusion
A brief reference to a real or fictional person, event, place, or work of art
Assonance
The repetition of vowel sounds in a chunk of text; repeating vowel sounds
Ballad
A story/narrative in poetic form
Consonance
The repetition of consonant sounds, but not vowels, in a chunk of text
Diction
The author’s specific word choice
Enjambent
This occurs when one line ends without a pause or any punctuation and continues onto the next line; when a line of poetry continues to the next; indicated by no ending punctuation
Free Verse
Poetry that does not rhyme or have a measurable meter
Metaphor
A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two things without using connecting words, such as like or as; a direct comparison, where one thing is said to be another or the comparison does not use like or as
Meter
The measured arrangement of sounds/beats in a poem, including the poet’s placement of emphasis and the number of syllables per line; the rhythm and beat of a poem measured in stressed and unstressed syllables
Onomatopoeia
A word that sounds like what it means; using words and and letters to imitate sounds
Rhythm
The recurrence of stressed and unstressed sounds in poetry.
Depending on how sounds are arranges, the ___ of a poem may be fast or slow, choppy or smooth; beat created by sounds of words in a poem. can be created by meter, alliteration, rhyme, and repetition.
Simile
A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two things using connecting words, such as like or as; a comparison which uses “like” or “as”
Symbol
An object or action that means something more than its literal meaning
Theme
The central meaning or dominant message the poet is trying to deliver to the reader
Tone
The attitude the poem’s narrator takes towards a subject or character: serious, humorous, sarcastic, ironic, concerned, tongue-in-cheek, solemn, objective, etc
Verse
A single line of poetry
Poetry
Type of literature that expresses ideas, feelings, or tells a story in a specific form
Point of View
Poet and speaker; who is talking
Form
type of poem; organization
Concrete Poem
Poem that is in a shape
Diamonte
Poem in a diamond shape; If you can see this lovely poem it would be an example of the ___. If
Line
group of words
Stanza
group of lines; a division of a poem
End Rhyme
a word at the end of one line rhyme with a word at the end of another line
Rhyme Scheme
pattern of Rhyme; labeling the pattern of rhyme in a poem, beginning with the letter A
Hyperbole
exaggeration often used for emphasis
Idiom
Expression where literal meaning is not actual meaning
Personification
an animal with human-like qualities; words that give non-humans and objects human traits and qualities are called __; giving human qualities to non-humans
Imagery
language that appeal to the senses; using words to appeal to one or more of the 5 senses
Irony
when something that is said/happened is the opposite of what was expected; the use of words to suggest the opposite of their meaning or what is unexpected
Couplet
2 lines
Triplet
3 lines
Quatrain
4 lines
Quintet
5 lines
Sestet
6 lines
Septet
7 lines
Octave
8 lines
Free verse
When the poem has no particular form, it is written in ___
Narrative Poem
a poem that tells a story, with plot and characters
Lyrical
poem that expresses an emotion
Elegy
poem that honors the dead
Speaker
the narrator of a poem
Iambic Pentameter
most common form of meter
Meter, Repetition, Rhyme, and Alliteration
four primary sound devices that evoke rhythm in poetry
Internal Rhyme
rhyme that occurs within a single line of poetry
