| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Poetry | one of the three major types of literature |
| Free Verse | poetry not written in regular rhymical pattern or meter |
| Blank Verse | poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter |
| Style | the way the pet uses words in a certian way |
| Prose | the ordinary form of written language |
| Stanza | a formal division of lines in a poem written as an unit |
| Verse | a line of traditional poetry written as a meter |
| Couplet | a two line stanza |
| Narritive Poem | a story written in a verse |
| Lyric Poem | a poem that has feeling |
| Ballad | a story song and narrative poem |
| Limerick | humerous, nonsense verse of a triplet and couplet |
| Haiku | a Japense poem, 3 lines, 5,7,5, formator syllables |
| Cinquian | 5 line poem |
| Acrostic | poem that uses one word and makes words off of it |
| Sonnet | a poem thhas 14 lines |
| Iamic Pentameter | poem with line verse having 5 metrical meter which consists of metrical foot of two syllables |
| Rhyme Scheme | pattern of rhyme iused in a stanza, verse or couplet |
| Alliteration | repetion of letters at the beginning of a word |
| Simile | the comparison of 2 things using like or as |
| Onamatopia | words that sound like the object they name or the sound the object makes |
| Sensory Language | Word that lets you feel, hear, taste, smell or see |
| Auditory Image | mental imgage similar to auditory perception |
| Personification | giving human qualities to animals or objects |
| Figurative Language | language the contains images |
| Literal Language | speech that use word or definiation meaning. |
| Theme | general idea or insight about life that a writer wishes to express |
| Tone | attitude a writer takes toward a subject or character |
| Visual Images | something you see using words |
| English Sonnet | 3 four lined stanzas followed by a couplet with rymes |
| Italian Sonnet | A form of sonnet divided into eight line and six line parts. Also called a Petrarchan sonnet. |
| Connotation | is the implied meaning of the word |
| Denotations | is the literal meaining of the word |
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