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Poetry Terms Review
Review Poetry Literary Terms
Term | Definition |
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Simile | A figure of speech using “like” or “as” to compare seemingly unlike things. |
Metaphor | A figure of speech that compares or equates seemingly unlike things. |
Personification | A figure of speech in which an animal, object, or idea is given human form or characteristics. |
Alliteration | The repetition of consonant sounds usually at the beginning of words or syllables. |
Theme | A literary work's overall message about life or human nature; can be a moral or lesson. |
Rhyme | The repetition of sounds at the ends of words that appear close to each other in a poem. |
Point of View | The relationship of the narrator, or storyteller, to the story. |
First Person Point of View | A character in the story is the narrator. This character is telling the story. The narrator uses the pronouns "I", "me" and "we". |
Second Person Point of View | This form is very rarely used in a narrative fashion. The narrator uses the pronoun “you”. |
Third Person Point of View | The story is being told by an outside observer (someone who is not in the story). The author uses the pronouns "he", "she", and "they". |
Lyric | The words of a song, usually with a regular rhyme scheme. |
Line | A subdivision of a poem, specifically a group of words arranged into a row that ends for a reason other than the right-hand margin. |
Free Verse | Poetry that has no fixed pattern of meter, rhyme, line length, or stanza arrangement. |
Meter | A regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables that gives a line of poetry a predictable rhythm. |
Narrative | Verse that tells a story. |
Stanza | A group of lines forming a unit in a poem. In effect, the paragraph of a poem. |
Rhythm | The pattern created by the arrangement of stressed and unstressed syllables, especially in poetry. Gives poetry a musical quality that helps convey meaning. |
Onomatopoeia | The use of a word or a phrase that actually imitates or suggests the sound of what it describes. |
Imagery | Language that emphasizes sensory impressions to help the reader of a literary work see, hear, feel, smell, and taste the scenes described in the work. |