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Poettry Terms
Poetic Elements for Mr. Goatseay's English 9 Poetry Unit
Question | Answer |
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simile | Comparison of two unlike things using “like” or “as” |
metaphor | Comparison of two unlike things where one is described directly as the other – WITHOUT using “like” or “as” |
imagery | Language that provides a sensory experience using sight, sound, smell, touch, taste |
personification | Comparison in which human qualities are given to non-human things |
hyperbole | Intentional exaggeration or overstatement, often used for emphasis |
symbolism | Using a word or object to represent (or stand in for) a deeper meaning than the words themselves |
allusion | Reference to well-known characters or events from literature or history |
figurative language | A category of poetic elements in which an author uses words in order to describe something by comparing it with something else |
sound devices | A category of poetic elements that describe techniques used to give poetry a “musical” quality that specifically deal with how the words sound. |
rhythm | The beat created by the sounds of the words in a poem, created by using meter, rhymes, alliteration, and refrain. |
internal rhyme | a form of rhyme where the rhyming words occur within the same line |
end rhyme | a form of rhyme where the rhyming words occur at the end of lines |
repetition | The repeating of a word or phrase to add rhythm or to emphasize an idea |
alliteration | Repeated consonant sounds at the beginnings of nearby words |
assonance | Repeated vowel sounds in nearby words |
consonance | Repeated consonant sounds in or at the end of nearby words |
onomatopoeia | The use of words whose sound makes one think of its meaning |
stanza | A group of lines arranged together; poetry's version of a paragraph |
couplet | a stanza made up of two lines |
quatrain | a stanza made up of four lines |