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Poem Lingo
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The repetition of consonant sounds, but not vowels, in a chunk of text. EX. A worM naMed Maurice took the garden by storM | Consonance |
| An object or action that means something more than its literal meaning. | Symbol |
| The measured arrangement of sounds/beats in a poem, including the poet’s placement of emphasis and the number of syllables per line | Meter |
| A unified group of lines in poetry. This is often marked by spacing between sections of the poem. | Stanza |
| A story/narrative in poetic form. | Ballad |
| The recurrence of stressed and unstressed sounds in poetry. Depending on how sounds are arranged, the ___of a poem may be fast or slow, choppy or smooth. | Rhythm |
| The repetition of vowel sounds in a chunk of text EX. Ivan will trY to lIght the fIre | Assonance |
| The central meaning or dominant message the poet is trying to deliver to the reader. | Theme |
| The authors specific word choice. | Diction |
| The attitude the poem’s narrator (this may or may not be the actual poet) takes towards a subject or character: serious, humorous, sarcastic, ironic, concerned, tongue-in-cheek, solemn, objective, etc. | Tone |
| Poetry that does not have a measurable rhyme or meter. | Free verse |
| A word that sounds like what it means. EX. Buzz, click, bang, sizzle | Onomatopoeia |
| A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two thing WITHOUT using connecting words such as like or as. EX. Love IS a battlefield | Metaphor |
| A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two things USING connecting words such as like or as. EX. Love is LIKE a battlefield | Simile |
| A brief reference to a real or fictional person, event, place, or work of art. | Allusion |
| This occurs when one line ends without a pause or any punctuation and continues onto the next line EX. If this where a poem, this would be an example of the technique. | Enjambment |
| The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words EX. From Forth the Fatal Loins of these two Foes; a pair of star crossed Lovers take there Life | Alliteration |
| A single line of poetry | Verse |
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LillianTaylor