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mrs smith's english
poetry terms
| Term | Definition | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Literal Language | When something is written and it means exactly what it says. | The frog sat on a log |
| Images/imagery | The use of senses to evoke images. By describing something with great visual | The red rose was perfect in its form; the soft, velvety petals curled around the core, and its gentle scent of beauty was appreciated by all who passed. |
| Denotation | The literal or dictionary meaning of a word. | Home: the residence in which a person lives |
| Connotation | The feelings or emotions evoked by a word. In essence, the emotional meaning of a word, as opposed to the literal meaning. | Home: family, warmth, safety, rest, food, bedroom |
| Stanza | A collection of lines and ideas similar to a paragraph in prose writing. | |
| Speaker | The voice or point of view of a poem. | In Langston Hughes' poem, "Mother to Son", the voice of the poem is a mother, though the poet is a man. |
| Metaphor | A comparison of two unlike things. | Shawnigan Lake School is my home. Joe is sunshine. |
| Extended metaphor | A comparison of two unlike things which carries on beyond one line of the poetry but instead extends throughout a stanza or the whole poem. | "Mother to Son", the comparison of a hard life and a staircase are compared throughout the whole poem. |
| Simile | A figure of speech involving the comparison of two unlike things using the words "like" or "as" | The grade 8 girl was quiet as a mouse. Mr. Lam is like a calculator. |
| Personification | Giving human characteristics, behaviours or feelings to a non-human thing. | Stupid vacuum! So gluttonous and greedy. Yelling at me with obnoxious roar. |
| Hyperbole | Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally and used to create an effect or to emphasis. | The bag weighed a ton. (It didn't really, but it felt like it did) |
| Symbol | A concrete item (a thing) is used to represent an abstract idea, thought, or emotion. | A heart represents love, in the poem "The Eagle" an eagle represents strength, power, freedom, and the natural world |
| Irony | A situation or effect of an action which shows the opposite of what is intended, meant or needed. | "Rime of the Ancient Mariner" Water, water, everywhere And all the boards did sink; Water, water, everywhere, Nor a drop to drink. |
| Rhyme internal | The rhyming of words occur within a single line poetry. | When Kate walked into the house, she screamed when she stepped on a mouse. |
| Rhyme end | When poem lines ends with words which sound similar. | Roses are red Daisies are yellow You are very sweet And so very mellow. |
| Approximate | A term in writing when you use two words that sound similar to one another but isn't a perfect rhyme. | Crane and Lame Spare and Hair Sword and Word Sword and Word Again and Friend |
| Rhyme scheme | Demonstrates, using letters, how the end of lines of a poem rhyme. | I'm writing a poem about a cat, A He likes to wears a silly hat. A He got it from the grocery store, B But lost it, and can't wear it anymore. B |
| Rhythm | A regularly repeated or regular sound pattern of accented and unaccented syllables. Number of syllables and rhyme often influence this sound device also. | Was this the face that launched a thousand ships? |
| Alliteration | Repetition of particular sounds at the beginning or inside of words. Alliteration is the broad category and assonance, consonance and sibilance are types of alliteration. | |
| a) Assonance | The repetition of a vowel sound throughout a line of poetry or a stanza. It is important to hear the vowel not see it, as vowels can make more than one sound. | It beats... as it sweep... as it cleans! Listen for the "eee" sound. |
| b) Consonance | Repetition of a consonant sound at the beginning and inside of words in a sequence. It is a type of alliteration. | Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. |
| c) Sibilance | ||
| Cacophony | Harsh mixture of sound, generally the hard consonant sounds, hard c, g, p, k, x sounds. | The ungrateful crow granted the crypt walls. |
| Euphony | The use of pleasant sounding words or combinations of pleasant sounds to create a gentle, peaceful and harmonious mood. | To Autumn by John Keats And still more, later flowers for the bees, Until they think warm days will never cease. |
| Onomatopoeia | A word that imitates or suggests the source of the sound that it describes. | Words related to water: bloop, splash, squirt, dribble, drip |
| Figurative language | Whenever you describe something by comparing by comparing it to something else you are using figurative language or when you use descriptive language. | Busy as a bee |
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