| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Structure | The arrangement of words and lines to create a sequential pattern of images and/or symbols that achieve a particular effect. |
| Sonnet | A traditional poem of fourteen lines that follow an intricate rhyme scheme. |
| Rhyme Scheme | An established pattern of rhyme in a poem. Ex: a b b a c c |
| Internal Rhyme | When a rhyme or words is found within a poem. |
| Alliteration | A way of connecting words by repeating the same sound or sounds at the beginning of two or more words. |
| Assonance | Repetition of vowel sounds. |
| Onomatopoeia | When a word echoes or mirrors the sound it makes. Ex: “buzz”, “roar” |
| Refrain | A line or part of a line that comes back in the same or very similar form several times in a poem |
| Rhythm | The choice of words that the poet uses. |
| Rhyme | Poets use this to make the endings of two or more lines of poetry sound alike. |
| Iamb | A foot of poetry which has one unaccented syllable followed by one accented syllable. |
| Trochee | One accented syllable followed by one unaccented. |
| Diction | Choice of words used by an author to make his/her ideas clear, concise. |
| Simile | A statement of comparison, using the words “like” or “as” to connect objects or ideas to the thing being compared. |
| Metaphor | A statement of comparison which connects objects or ideas by saying that one thing is another. |
| Extended Metaphor | A metaphor which runs for several lines or through an entire poem. |
| Symbol | When an object, animal, person, or idea represents something other than itself. |
| Tone | The feeling or mood that the poem gives. |
| Theme | The main idea of a poem, short story, or novel. |
| Personification | Giving human qualities to non-human things. |
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