Elements of Poetry - Eng. 9
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Rhyme Scheme | A regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem (usually tracked with letters of the alphabet). |
| Figurative Language | Using words to say more than they mean on the surface. Language describing ordinary things in new ways. |
| Alliteration | The repetition of the same beginning sound in several words |
| Assonance | The repetition of vowel sounds in the beginning, middle or end in several words |
| Symbolism | A device in literature where an object represents an idea. |
| Hyperbole | An overstatement or exaggeration meant to place emphasis |
| Simile | A comparison between two things using the words "like" or "as" |
| Metaphor | A comparison between two things without using the words "like" or "as" |
| Onomatopoeia | The use of words that sound like what they mean |
| Oxymoron | Words that joins together two seemingly contradictory/opposite elements |
| Rhyme | The repetition of the same sound at the end of every verse or sentence |
| Rhythm | A pattern of accented and unaccented syllables |
| Allusion | a reference to something literary, mythological, or historical that the author assumes the reader will recognize |
| Meter | A way of placing emphasis on words and syllables that creates a repetitive rhythm |
| Iambic Meter | A rhythmic poetic unit of one unstressed and one stressed syllable. (u/) |
| Theme | a unifying idea that is a recurrent element in a literary or artistic work |
| Personification | Giving human qualities to inanimate objects or animals |
| pattern | the way in which words are placed; a repeated rhyme or word order |
| Imagery | Using language to create a picture or concrete feeling about a person, place, thing, or experience |
| Irony | a contrast between expectation and reality; the opposite of what is expected. |
| Mood | the overall emotion created by a work of literature |
| Tone | The attitude of the author toward the audience and characters (e.g., serious or humorous). |
| Trochaic Unit | a metrical measurement of one stressed syllable and one unstressed (/u) |
| Meaning | the idea that is intended; message(s) implied by the poet. |
| Pentameter | a verse line having five metrical feet |
| Ballad | A type of poem that is meant to be sung and is both lyric and narrative in nature |
| Cinquain | a short poem consisting of five, usually unrhymed lines containing, respectively, two, four, six, eight, and two syllables. |
| Diamante | a 7 line poem, does not rhyme can use synonyms or antonyms, each line has a specific formula |
| Epic | a long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds |
| Epitaph | an inscription on a tombstone or monument in memory of the person buried there |
| Free Verse | unrhymed verse without a consistent metrical pattern |
| Hip-Hop | poety or music that combines spoken street dialect with cuts (samples) from older music |
| Haiku | A Japanese form of poetry, consisting of three unrhymed lines of five, seven, and five syllables |
| Parallel Poem | poem which uses lines that are the same or similar to another poem; but has a different theme or topic. |
| Quatrain | A stanza or group of four rhyming lines of poetry |
| Sonnet | a short poem with fourteen lines, usually ten-syllable rhyming lines, divided into two, three, or four sections |
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