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Elements of Poetry
5/5/14
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Alliteration | repetition of the first sound of a word; |
| Assonance | Similar vowel sounds in words that end with different consonants; for example " wAnders and wAtches. |
| Consonance | Similar consonant sounds at the end of words; i.e. "blank, think, tank |
| Couplet | two rhymed lines of poetry |
| Diction | The specific words an author chooses |
| Extended metaphor | a metaphor that is applied throughout the entire poem; |
| Figurative Language | Using language to create a particular effect; forms of figurative language include: simile, metaphor, and personification |
| Hyperbole | extreme exaggeration to make a point |
| Iamb | metrical foot consisting of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable or a short syllable followed by a long syllable |
| Iambic Pentameter | a rhythmic pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in which there are five stressed syllable in each line(penta=five) |
| Imagery | primary images or pictures the author uses to convey meaning in a poem |
| Metaphor | a comparison of two unlike things; for example "I,too, am American" |
| Meter | the deliberate use of stressed and unstressed syllables to create a particular beat for a poem; for example the line" I liked to see it lap the miles" |
| Narrator | one who tells the story in a piece of work |
| Onomatopoeia | When the sound of a word suggest a particular thing; for example: bumble bees |
| Paraphrase | to restate a piece of writing in simple terms |
| Parody | the imitation of something usually the intent of making fun |
| Persona | the person created by the writer to tell a story |
| Personification | to give human qualities to something that is not human |
| Quatrain | four lines of poetry, which may be rhymed, |
| Rhyme scheme | the pattern of rhyme used in a poem |
| Rhythm | Like meter, rhythm refers to the beat of the poem; unlike meter, the rhythm of the poem may be irregular and different in every line |
| Simile | A comparison of two unlike things using like or as to make the comparison |
| Speaker | the voice that tells the story in a poem |
| Stanza | a group of lines in poetry; in prose, you would call it a paragraph |
| tone | the attitude or behavior the speaker has towards the subject matter; the tone could be formal, informal, humorous, serious, etc |
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