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poetry terms
words
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| alliteration | consonant sounds repeated at the beginning "seven swimming swans" |
| repetition | repeating it over and over |
| assonance | repeating vowel sounds |
| consonance | repeating a consonant |
| onomatopoeia | sound words |
| rhyme | words that sound alike |
| meter | the patter is stresseed and unstressed syllables in a poem |
| stanza | a section in a poem |
| rhyme scheme | rhyme pattern |
| white spaces and line breaks | create flow in poems |
| allusion | talking about someone else in a poem |
| irony | opposite of wat is expected |
| tone | author attitude |
| mode | effect of writers words |