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Poetry Vocabulary
Elements of Poetry/ Glossary of Poetry Terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| alliteration | the repetition of the first sound of a word; for example, "Morgan makes muffins" |
| assonance | similar vowel stands in words that end with different consonants; for example, "wanders and watches with eager ears" |
| consonance | similar consonant sounds at the ends of words; for example, "blank, think tank" |
| couplet | two rhymed lines of poetry; for example, "with muffled oar/silently rowed to the Charleston shore |
| diction | the specific words on 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; for example, " I too am America" |
| iamb | a 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 syllables in each line (penta=five) |
| imagery | the primary images or pictures the author uses to convey meaning in a poem |
| metaphor | a comparison of two unlike things without using "like" or "as" |
| meter | the deliberate use of stressed and unstressed syllables to create a particular beat for a poem; for example, "I like to see it lap the miles" |
| narrator | one who tells the story in a piece of work |
| onomatopoeia | when the sound of a word suggests a particular thing; for example, buzzing bee |
| paraphrase | to restate a piece of writing in simple terms |
| parody | an imitation of something, usually with the intent of making fun of |
| persona | the person created by the writer to tell the story |
| personification | to give human qualities to something that is not human; for example, "the wind talked to me" |
| 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 a poem; unlike meter, the rhythm of the poem may be irregular and different in every line |
| simile | a comparison between two unlike things using "like" or "as" to make the comparison |
| speaker | the voice that tells the story in the poem |
| stanza | a group of lines in poetry; in prose, you would call it a paragraph |
| tone | the attitude or behavior the speaker has toward the subject matter; the tone could be formal, informal, humorous, serious, etc. |
| ballad | a poem that tells a story; ballads are usually song |
| free verse | poetry that does not follow any specific patterns in rhythm, rhyme scheme, or line length; free verse may contain rhymes, but they are nor used in a prescribed manner |
| haiku | a three-lined Japanese poetic form in the lines follow the pattern of five syllables in the first line, seven syllables in the second line, and five syllables in the third line |
| a five-line poem that follows a specific rhyme scheme and rhythm; the first, second, and fifth lines contain eight syllables; lines tow and three contain six syllables; limericks are usually funny and silly | |
| lyric poem | a poem that express the speaker's thoughts or feelings and creates a singe, imaginative impression on the reader |
| narrative poem |
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