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Poetry
8 types of poetry and 16 literary elements
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Meter | a poem’s rhythmical pattern, which is determined by the number of stresses, or beats, in each line. |
| Alliteration | repeated use of the same letter or sound in words that are close together. |
| Irony | a contrast between expectation and reality. It is often sarcastic or obviously contradictory. |
| Simile | A comparison of 2 things, using the words “like” or “as” |
| Metaphor | a comparison of 2 things, without using “like” or “as.” |
| Personification | when the writer gives human qualities to an inanimate object. |
| Onomatopoeia | a word that sounds like the word it’s describing. |
| Tone | a writer’s attitude toward the audience and the subject, which is shown by the words and rhythm of the writing. |
| Hyperbole | extreme exaggeration |
| Stanza | a grouped set of lines in a poem |
| Rhyme | correspondence of sound between words or the endings of words, especially when these are used at the ends of lines of poetry |
| Rhyme scheme | a regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem |
| Idiom | phrase that has different literal and figurative meanings |
| Symbolism | a character, object, or action that actually means something else. |
| Imagery | an author’s use of vivid, descriptive language to create a mental image for the reader, to ‘paint a picture.’ |
| Repetition | the simple repeating of a word or sound in a sentence, paragraph or poem. |
| Limerick | A humorous, rhyming, 5 line poem with a specific meter and rhyme scheme (A, A, B, B, A). |
| Haiku | A 3 line Japanese verse form. The first and third lines each have 5 syllables, the second line has 7 syllables. |
| Diamante | A poem of 7 lines, in the shape of a diamond. It either compares 2 synonyms or contrasts 2 antonyms. |
| Sonnet | A 14-line poem written in iambic pentameter with a specific rhyme scheme. |
| Free verse | poetry not written in a regular, rhythmical pattern, or meter.poet is free to write lines of any length and meter. |
| Lyric poem | A highly musical verse that expresses the observations and feelings of a single speaker. |
| Narrative poem | a story told in verse. It may have all of the elements of short stories, including characters, conflict and plot. |
| Concrete poem | A poem with a shape that relates to its subject or topic |
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