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Poetry Elements
Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Structure | The way a poem looks on a page. |
| Line | The words of a poem that can be a single word, a sentence, or a part of a sentence. |
| Stanza | The way that the lines are arranged into groups. |
| Rhyme | The repetition of accented vowel sounds. (ex. Thing and sing; cry and sky.) |
| Meter | Regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables. |
| Rhythm | A musical quality created by the alternation of accented and unaccented syllables. |
| Alliteration | The repetition of consonant sounds in words that are close together, such as the S in makes still pools, and sleep song. |
| Refrain | A word or line that is repeated (over and over) in a poem to create a certain effect. |
| Figurative Language | The use of imagination comparisons to help you see the world in new ways. (figures of speech include: simile, metaphor, personification, hyperbole) |
| Imagery | Using your sense of sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch, to decide what figure of speech is describing |
| Simile | A comparison between two unlike things that includes that word LIKE or AS. |
| Metaphore | A comparison between two unlike things that does NOT include the word LIKE or AS. |
| Personification | A description of an object, an animal, or an idea as if it were human or had human qualities. (ex: pet rock) |
| Hyperbole | A figure of speech that uses exaggeration to create a special effect. |
| Onomatopoeia | Words that sound like what they mean. (ex: Bang! Boom!) |
| Inference | An educated guess about some detail in a text that is not clear. |
Created by:
JRouse
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