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English/Poetry
Poetry
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Speaker | one that speaks or the author speaking in a poem |
| imagery | the process of making a mental image that allows the reader to use their imagination in poetry, figurative language |
| metaphors | a figure of speech in which a word for one idea or thing is used in place of another to suggest a likeness between them, does not use like or as |
| extended metaphor | a comparison between two unlike things that continues through a series of sentences in a paragraph or lines of a poem |
| personification | giving a non human thing a human characteristic |
| alliteration | the repetion of beginning sounds in adjacent words or syllables |
| repetition | the act or instance of repeating a line or a series of words |
| onomatopoeia | formation of words in imitation of natural sounds |
| rhyme | words sound alike because they share the same ending vowel and consonant sound |
| rhythm | the beat created by the sounds of the words in a poem, can be created by meter, rhyme, alliteration, and refrain |
| lines | a group of words together on one line of the poem |
| stanzas | a group of lines arranged together, usually develops on idea, gives poem structure, emphasizes different ideas, beginning of a new stanza often signals beginning of a new image thought or idea |
| meter | patterns of stresses and unstressed syllables, occurs when the stressed and unstressed syllables of the words in a poem are arranged in a repeating pattern |
| rhyme scheme | a pattern of rhyme (usually end rhyme but not always) uses letters of the alphabet to represent sounds to be able to visually see the pattern |
| end rhyme | word at the end of one line rhymes with a word at the end of another line |
| internal scheme | a word inside a line rhymes with another word on the same line |
| rhyming couplets | 2 lines of poetry that rhyme and have the same meter |
| lyric poetry | form of poetry which expresses thoughts and feelings of a single speaker |
| sonnet | a poem that expresses thoughts in 14 lines |
| ode | a poem in which a person expresses a strong feeling of love |
| elegy | a song, poem, or speech expressing grief for one who is dead |
| narrative poetry | a form of poetry that tells a story |
| epic | a long narrative poem, usually chronicling the deeds of a folk hero and written using bothe dramatic and narrative literary techniques |
| ballad | a simple narrative poem, story told through action and dialogue, deals with subjects such as adventure, love, jealousy, heroism, disaster, revenge |
| free verse poetry | poetry written without a regular rhyme, rhythm, and form, sounds like natural like everyday conversation |
| limerick | a short, funny poem, AABBA rhyme scheme |
| concrete (shape) poem | type of poetry that uses some sort of usual presentation to enhance the effect of the poem on the reader |
| haiku | traditional for of japanese poetry composed of three lines, used to capture a moment, express a feeling, and or celebrate some phase or element of nature |
| clerihew | a whimsical, four line biographical poem |
| cinquain | 5 line poem |
| diamante | 7 line poem describes two nouns opposite each other |
| definition poem | takes a word or concept and attempts to define it, provide perspective, redefine it, or create a definitive example of it |
| acrostic poetry | uses a word for its subject, each line begins with a letter of the subject word |
| I am poetry | it takes a stand on something, most often describes the author |
| couplet | a pair of rhyming lines that usually have the same meter and length |
Created by:
Caschenbeck
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