| Term | Definition |
|---|
| onomatopoeia | use of a word or phrase that sounds like what it means ex: "crash" "boom" |
| Juxtoposition of images | two descriptions placed together to create meaning |
| Concrete | poem in which the physical appearance illustrates and adds to the meaning |
| free verse | poem without a defined meter or rhyme scheme |
| haiku | short form of poetry originating in Japan and consisting of three lines which often follow the syllable pattern 5-7-5 |
| Ballad | narrative poem (tells a story) with song-like qualities like end rhyme and repeated refrains; meant to be recited or sung |
| Quatrain | poem made up of metered four-line stanzas with a rhyme scheme |
| couplet | two rhyming lines of poetry, either as a complete stanza or inside a stanza |
| iambic meter | pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables |
| meter | pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables that is repeated in a line of poetry |
| consonance | nearby repetition of similar consonant sounds (including middle or end of words) |
| assonance | nearby repetition of the vowel sound in the middle or end of words |
| alliteration | nearby repetition of the hard, consonant sound at the begining of the words |
| Conotation | inferred meaning of a word, as influenced by culture and common usage |
| Denotation | the dictionary definition of a word |
| repetition | reiliteration of a word or phrase, used to emphasize a feeling or message |
| Diction | author's choice of words |
| Tone | author's implied attitude towards the subject |
| Unstressed Syllable | part of the word that sounds softer when said aloud |
| stressed syllable | part of the word that is emphasized when said aloud |
| Rhythm | beat of the poem, created through use of stressed and unstressed syllables in words |
| Rhyme scheme | pattern of rhyme; letters assigned to rhyming lines |
| slant rhyme | when words "almost" rhyme |
| perfect rhyme | when words rhyme in sound and syllable |
| internal rhyme | rhyming within a line of poetry |
| personifacation | figure of speech in which human characteristics are given to an animal, object, or concept |
| End Rhyme | rhymes occurring at the end of poetic lines |
| Rhyme | use of words with the same ending sound |
| stanza | distinct grouping of lines, often with the same rhyme or other format |
| Line | fundamental unit of a poem, indicated by a break in the text, but not necesarilly in the thought of a sentence |
| theme | author's stance on the subject, sometimes called a "message" or "moral". remember that a theme is never just one word; it is a statement of opinion |
| Subject | author's overarching content or topic |
| Imagery | representation of sense experience (hearing, tasting, smelling, touching, or seeing) through language |
| Allusion | significant reference to some other work or historic event |
| Apostrophe | when someone absent, dead, or nonhuman is addressed as if it were present, alive, and able to respond |
| Symbol | object emphasized and developed by the author in order to represent itself and something greater than itself |
| implied metaphor | indicates a metaphor without the use of a linking verb |
| stated metaphor | an obvious metaphor that uses a linking verb to create a comparison |
| Metaphor | comparison between 2 dissimilar things in which they are said to be the same ( no use of like or as) for the purpose of making some quality of the unfamiliar more familiar |
| simile | comparison between 2 dissimilar things expressed using like or as for the purpose of making some quality of the unfamiliar more familiar |
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