The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in spoken or written language.

The use, more than once, of any element of language - sound, word, phase, clause, sentence.

A group of poetry that are usually similar in length and pattern and are separated by spaces.

A figure of speech in which something is described as though it were something else.

A type of figurative language in which a nonhuman subject is given human characteristics.

A figure of speech that uses like or as to make a comparison between two unlike ideas.

Anything that stands or represents something else.

The repetition of initial constant sounds.

The use, more than once, of any element of language - a sound, word, phrase, clause, or sentence.

The repetition of the sound of a vowel or diphthong in non rhyming stressed syllables near enough to each other for the echo to be discernable

Agreement or compatibility between opinions or actions.

The use of words that imitate sounds.

the repetition of sounds at the end of sounds.

Three - line Japanese verse form.

Poetry not written in a regular, rhythmical pattern, or meter.

A highly musical verse that expresses the observations and feelings of a single speaker.

A poem or song narrating a story in short stanzas.

A poem with a shape that suggests its subject.

A humorous, rhyming five line, poem with a specific meter and rhythmic scene.

A regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem.

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Poetry Vocabulary

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Term	Definition
Rhythm	The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in spoken or written language.
Repetition	The use, more than once, of any element of language - sound, word, phase, clause, sentence.
Stanza	A group of poetry that are usually similar in length and pattern and are separated by spaces.
Metaphor	A figure of speech in which something is described as though it were something else.
Personification	A type of figurative language in which a nonhuman subject is given human characteristics.
Simile	A figure of speech that uses like or as to make a comparison between two unlike ideas.
Symbol	Anything that stands or represents something else.
Alliteration	The repetition of initial constant sounds.
Repetition	The use, more than once, of any element of language - a sound, word, phrase, clause, or sentence.
Assonance	The repetition of the sound of a vowel or diphthong in non rhyming stressed syllables near enough to each other for the echo to be discernable
Consonance	Agreement or compatibility between opinions or actions.
Onomatopeia	The use of words that imitate sounds.
Rhyme	the repetition of sounds at the end of sounds.
Meter	A poem's rhythmic pattern.
Narrative Poetry	Poem told in verse.
Haiku	Three - line Japanese verse form.
Free Verse	Poetry not written in a regular, rhythmical pattern, or meter.
Lyric Poetry	A highly musical verse that expresses the observations and feelings of a single speaker.
Ballads	A poem or song narrating a story in short stanzas.
Concrete Poems	A poem with a shape that suggests its subject.
Limericks	A humorous, rhyming five line, poem with a specific meter and rhythmic scene.
Rhyming Couplets	A regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem.
Poetry	The writings of a poet.

Created by: Derek Bresnan

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