click below
click below
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Poetry Terms
Wilson Central 7th grade Poetry Terms for Finals
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Onomatopoeia | THe use of words that imitate sounds EX: buzz, hiss |
| Alliteration | the repition of initial consonant sounds |
| Rhyme Scheme | a regular pattern of Rhyming words in a poem |
| Personification | a nonhuman subject is given human characteristics |
| Narrative Poem | a story told in verse, have all elements of a short story (characters, plot, setting,conflict) |
| Lyric poem | a highly musical verse that express the feelings and observations of a single speaker |
| Free verse | Poetry not written in a regular, rhythmatical pattern |
| Symbol | an object that stands for something other than itself |
| Metaphor | describes something bu pointing out a similarity between two unlike things |
| Simile | Just like metaphor except uses like or as |
| Extended Metaphor | Several connected comparisons are made between two unlike things |