Vocab
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| Hyperbole | the obvious stretching of the truth | ||||
| metaphor | A direct comparison between two unlike things. It doesn't use the words like or as. | ||||
| alliteration | The repetition of the same constant sound at the beginnings of several words of a line | ||||
| figurative language | The tools the poet uses to create a special affect of feeling. These tools include metaphor, simile, alliteration, personification, and onomatopoeia. | ||||
| personification | When the poet fives an animal, object, or idea human qualities such as the ability to hear, feel, talk, and make decisions. | ||||
| simile | A comparison between two unlike things using the words like or as | ||||
| free verse | Poetry written without a regular rhyme scheme, meter, or form | ||||
| onomatopoeia | The use of words that sound like the noises they describe | ||||
| narrative poem | This type of poem tells a story. It usually has all of the elements of a short story: character, setting, conflict, and plot. | ||||
| imagery | Language that appeals to the senses-touch, taste, smell, hearing, and sight | ||||
| rhyme | The repetition of similar sounds at the end of a line | ||||
| rhythm | The musical quality created by a pattern of beats or a series of stressed and unstressed syllables | ||||
| voice | The character or perspective that is taken on by a writer or poet | ||||
| repetition | It is the repeating of sound, word, phrase, or sentence | ||||
| rhyme scheme | The repeated pattern of rhymes usually found at the ends of lines. The rhyme scheme is identified with letters of the alphabet beginning with the letter a | ||||
| tone | The attitude the writer takes toward the audience, the subject, or a character | ||||
| poetry | convey an idea or feeling through carefully selected words, and phrases, which create images or pictures for the reader. |
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Created by:
taylorash
on 2012-04-09