| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Poetry | doesn't always follow specific rules and it doesn't always rhyme |
| free verse | poetry that doesn't rhyme |
| 4 things to focus of sound/structure of poem | 1. organized lines 2. repetition of sound 3. rhyme 4. rhythm and meter |
| stanza | like a paragraph, but in a poem. It signals new ideas the way a paragraph does for an essay. It's a group of lines that go together in some way. |
| repeating sound | the effect of poetry can be enhanced by this |
| alliteration | repetition of the beginning consonant sound at the beginning of a word |
| rhyme | repetition of an ending sound |
| rhyme scheme | is rhyming used? if so-there is a pattern-that is called rhyme...Example:a,a,b,b,c,c |
| language | has a beat; just like music does! |
| meter | pattern of stressed syllables & unstressed syllables that give a poem its beat |
| denotation | dictionary meaning of a word |
| connotation | emotional response to a word |
| figurative language | goes beyond the literal meaning; often used to create pictures in a reader's mind |
| simile | comparison using like or as |
| metaphor | a direct comparison of two unlike things w/out using like or as |
| personification | giving a non-human thing human characteristics |
| imagery | appealing to a reader's senses to create pictures in their mind-makes descriptions come to life |
| paraphrasing | putting literature into your own words |
| paraphrase | after each stanza to understand poem |
| allusion | reference to something with which the reader is familiar with such as a person, place event from history or literature |
| hyperbole | an extreme exaggeration |
| idiom | a phrase that is common & can't be understood in a literal way |
| lyric poem | short poem that expresses emotions in a musical way (typically a lot of personal pronouns) |
| mood | feeling created in the reader by poem-words, phrases, repetition, rhyme, and exaggeration all help to create this |
| narrative poem | poem that tells a story-has story |
| elements | character, setting, problem, conflict, and resolution |
| onomatopoeia | use of words that sound like the noises the describe |
| symbol | something that stands for something else (always used in poetry;always represent themselves, but always suggest another meaning) |
| tone | attitude that a writer has toward audience, character, or subject of a poem |
| voice | speaker in the poem-is the character or perspective taken by the writer or poet;often this isn't identified by name |
| extended metaphor | when the whole poem is a metaphor for something else |
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