Poetry Terms

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poetry
rhythmic, compressed language that uses figures of speech and imagery designed to appeal to our emotions and imagination
author's purpose
author's intent either to inform/teach, to entertain, or to persuade/convince the audience
alliteration
repetition of initial consonant sounds
hyperbole
exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally
idiom
a common, often used expression that doesn't make sense if you take it literally
metaphor
a comparison without using like or as
personification
the giving of human qualities to an animal, object, or idea
onomatopoeia
the use of words that imitate sounds
simile
comparing two things using like or as
imagery
description that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste)
line break
where a line of poetry ends
stanza
a group of lines in a poem
internal rhyme
rhyme that occurs within a line, rather than at the end
end rhyme
rhyme that occurs at the end of two or more lines of poetry
rhyming couplet
two lines of the same length that rhyme and complete one thought
Rhyme Scheme
the pattern of rhyme in a poem
End Rhyme
Rhyme that occurs at the end of two or more lines of poetry
Internal Rhyme
rhyme that occurs within a line, rather than at the end
Iambic Pentameter
a line of verse with five metrical feet, each consisting of one short (or unstressed) syllable followed by one long (or stressed) syllable
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