Help
Options
Didn't know it?
click below
click below
Knew it?
click below
click below
Don't Know
Remaining cards (0)
Know
retry
shuffle
restart
0:00
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Poetic Terms Kevin
Literary Device of Poetry
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Meter | The measured arrangement of words in poetry, as by accentual rhythm, syllabic quantity, or the number of syllables in a line. |
| Rhythm | The pattern or flow of sound created by the arrangement of stressed and unstressed. syllables |
| Imagery | A vivid descriptive language that appeals to one or more of the 5 senses. |
| Onomatopoeia | The formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named. |
| Setting | The time and place of the poem's action. |
| Speaker | A person who communicates vocally in a language; One who speaks, the voice of a poem. |
| Theme | The abstract concept explored in a literary work. |
| Alliteration | Repetition of the same sounds or of the same kinds of sounds at the beginning of words |
| Allusion | A passing or casual reference; an incidental mention of something, either direct or by implication. |
| Personification | Inhuman objects that have human qualities . |
| Assonance | Repetition of vowel sounds to create internal rhyming within phrases or sentences. |
| Consonance | Correspondence of sounds; repetition of consonant sounds. |
| Metaphor | A term or phrase that in not literal to relate to something. |
| Caesura | A pause in the poem that depicts a punctuation usually next to an enjambment. Marked with // |
| Couplet | A pair of successive lines of verse, especially a pair that rhyme and are of the same length. |
| End Rhyme | Rhyme that occurs at the end of two or more lines of poetry. |
| Internal Rhyme | A line that consists of more than 2 rhymes on the same line. |
| Enjambment | The continuation of a sentence on the next stanza or couplet. |
| Stanza | Lines or paragraphs that consist of a verse of a poem. |
| Hyperbole | Obvious and intentional exaggeration. |
| Mood | |
| Tone | A poems attitude that is implied by the writing. The tone of a poem can be the same Through out and it can also change in-between one poem. |
| Symbolism | An idea,place, or action that stands for something. |
| Antithesis | A person or thing that is the direct opposite of someone or something else. |
| Point of View | The attitude or outlook of a narrator or Character in a piece of literature, a movie, or another art form. |
| Similie | To compare two or more things using the word like or as. |
Created by:
kgajewski583
Popular Academic Vocabulary sets