Set: English Poetry Tems

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Term Definition
Poetry A kind of rhythmic, compressed language that uses figures of speech & imagery designed to appeal emotion.
Figurative Language Writing or speech that is not meant to be taken literally.
Speaker The voice talking a poem.
Simile A comparison between two unlike things, using a word such as like, as, than, or resembles
Metaphor An imaginative comparison between two unlike things in which one thing is said to be another thing.
Imagery Language that appeals to the senses.
Personification A figure of speech in which a nonhuman or nonliving thing or quality is talked about as if it were human or alive.
Alliteration The repetition of the same or very similar consonant sounds in words that are close together.
Onomatopoeia The use of words whose sounds echo their sense.
Rhyme The repetition of accented vowel sounds and all sounds following them in words close together in a poem.
Rhyme Scheme The pattern of end rhymes in a poem; a regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem
Theme The truth about life revealed in a work of literature
Stanza In a poem, a group of consecutive lines that forms a single unit
Oxymoron Words that contradict each other.
Hyberbole A bold, deliberate overstatement, exaggeration, not indented to be taken literally
Mood The overall emotion created by a work of literature; image, dialogue, and plot can create it
Free Verse Poetry without a regular meter or a rhyme scheme
Haiku A 3-line Japanese verse form; the first and third lines have 5 syllables and the second line has 7
Lyric Poetry A highly musical poem that expresses the observations and feelings of a single speaker
Narrative Poetry A story told in poem; they often have all the elements of a short story
Concrete Poetry Is one with a shape that suggests its subject; Example; A poem written about flowers in the shape of a flower.
Ballad A songlike poem that tells a story; often one dealing with adventure or romance
Tone The attitude that a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or character; "tone of voice"
Internal Rhyming Words within a line or poetry rhyme
Couplet 2 lines
Tercet 3 lines
Quatrain 4 lines
Cinquain 5 lines
Sestet 6 lines
Heptastitch 7 lines
Octave 8 lines

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Created November 2, 2007
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Terms that have to do with basic poetry. 7th-10th grade.

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tnallstarqt18 : Changed Mood → The overall emotion created by a work of literature; image, dialogue, and plot can create the mood to Mood → The overall emotion created by a work of literature; image, dialogue, and plot can create it
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