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Poetry Terms
Poetry features and terminology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| stanza | group of lines of a poem arranged together |
| rhythm | The beat created by the sound of the words in the poem.A strong, regular, repeated pattern of movement or sound. |
| rhyme scheme | pattern of rhyming words or sounds-uses letters to label lines that rhyme |
| end rhyme | word at the end of one line rhymes with word at the end of another line |
| assonance | repetition of internal vowel sound in a line to make it sound a perticular way |
| consonance | repetition of consonants at beginning or internally in words in a line to make it sounds a certain way |
| narrative poem | poem that tells a story |
| free verse | poem does not rhyme or have a set meter |
| couplet | poem of only two lines |
| haiku | Japanese poem-three lines-5 syllables, 7 syllables, 5 syllables |
| Ballad | poem in the form of a song |
| Sonnet | 14 line poem |
| Speaker | the narrator of the poem (not the same as the poet) |
| connotation | an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning. |
| Denotation | The dictionary definition and literal meaning of a word |
| Mood | How the reader feels about the text while reading. The author makes you feel this with their words. |
| Tone | Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character.They show you this with their words. |
| Audience | the listener, viewer, or reader of a text |
| Author's purpose | The reason the author has for writing. ( Inform, persuade, express, & entertain) |
| Setting | where and when the story or poem takes place |
| Sensory language | Descriptive language that attempts to invoke one or more of the five senses. |
| Voice | The real or assumed personality used by a writer or speaker. |
| Style | the choices a writer makes; the combination of distinctive features of a literary work |
| Stanza | A group of lines in a poem. |
| Sound devices | elements such as rhyme, rhythm, alliteration, and onomatopoeia - gives poetry a musical quality |
| Title | the name of a book, composition, or other artistic work. Can help you preview what the writing will be about. |
| Meter | A regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry. Writer does this on purpose to make the poem sound a certain way. |
| Epic | A long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds |
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