Set: Poetry Terms

Familiarize

Learn

Test

Play Scatter

Play Space Race
Combine with other sets Login to add to Favorites
Print: Term List | Flashcards Editing not allowed
Export Deleting not allowed

Sharing

With group: LaSalle .1 Freshmen (07/08) (edit)
HTML link to set: Plain link:
Share on Facebook Share on MySpace

All 20 Terms

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.

Set Information

Terms 20
Creator jwood1993
Created June 2, 2008
Group LaSalle .1 Freshmen (07/08)
Tags poetry, terms, poem, poems, miss, trottier, english, final, exam, examination, lsa, lasalle, la, salle, academy
Access Anyone
Edit Creator Only

Description

Poetry Terms from the Quiz!

Pop out

Discuss

leahog93 : thankyou JAMES!! I was just about to do the poetry terms
jwood1993 : no problem! :)
mrog26 : RFDGDDSBDFBDBAWEGTZSDG
Last Message: 4 months ago

You must be logged in to discuss this set.

Top Users

  1. pureblood_vampire246 - 85 scores
  2. crissytina427 - 27 scores
  3. ajaratucole - 23 scores
  4. relztrahyma - 20 scores
  5. kpetriexoxo - 20 scores
  6. mmthorsen - 20 scores
  7. lashadow - 16 scores

Most Missed Words

  1. Onomatopoeia → When a word echoes or mirrors the sound it makes. Ex: “buzz”, “roar” - 9 misses
  2. Structure → The arrangement of words and lines to create a sequential pattern of images and/or symbols that achieve a particular effect. - 8 misses
  3. Iamb → A foot of poetry which has one unaccented syllable followed by one accented syllable. - 8 misses
  4. Rhythm → The choice of words that the poet uses. - 7 misses
  5. Trochee → One accented syllable followed by one unaccented. - 7 misses
  6. Tone → The feeling or mood that the poem gives. - 7 misses
  7. Assonance → Repetition of vowel sounds. - 6 misses