Quizlet Poetry Terms

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