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Poetry Vocab. Jacob

QuestionAnswer
Meter pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables
Rhyme repetition of words or sounds
Figurative Language language that uses figures of speech and cannot be taken literally
Metaphor comparison between 2 things
Hyperbole exaggeration that something either has much more or less of a quality than it actually does
Personification giving human characteristics to non-human things
Onomatopoeia use of words to describe sounds
Simile comparison between 2 things using the words like or as
Alliteration repetition of beginning consonant sounds in words
Stanzas group of words that often have a definite beat or rhythm
Refrain repetition of words or phrases at the end of each stanza
Metrical poem that has a planned meter or regular rhythm
Free Verse does not have any meter
Formula Poetry poems that follow a specific formula or pattern
Haiku poetry from Japan, 5 syllable, 7 syllables, 5 syllables
Cinquain 5 lines, unrhymed, 22 total syllables
Narrative a poem that tells a story
Assonance the repetition of vowel sounds in words
Consonance the repetition of consonant sounds anywhere in the word (not just the beginning consonant as with alliterations.)
Couplet a 2 lined stanza, usually rhymed
Imagery mental pictures that are created with words
Mood the emotion you feel when you read a poem
Oxymoron a phrase that combines 2 seemingly contradictory elements Ex. icy hot/jumbo shrimp/bittersweet
Pun a play on words with similar sounds or on one with multiple meanings
Repetition the repeating of a word or phrase
Rhyme when two or more words have the same sound
Rhyme Scene a pattern of accented and unaccented syllables
Stress emphasis given to a word or syllable
Symbol an object, person, action, or situation that signifies more than itself
Tone the writers attitude towards a subject
Triplet a poem of 3 lines
Quatrain a 4-lined poem that follows a set pattern
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