Poetry that expresses a strong feeling or emotion

Poetry that tells a story. A ballad and an epic are examples of narrative poetry

Poetry that is meant to be read aloud

Something that represents something else. A writer will usually use a simple item to represent something more elevated

The emphasis is not made clear until the end of the line of poetry OR the end of the poem

Author's attitude towards the subject of the writing/text. An author's attitude can be positive, negative, or neutral

Words or phrases repeated in the same order or position in many or all stanzas

When a thought or sense, phase or clause, in a line of poetry does not come to an end at the line break, but moves over to the next line

A pause or break within a line of poetry

Creating a "mental picture" by appealing to the five senses

A figure of speech that compares two different things by saying that one thing is the other. The comparison in a metaphor can be stated explicitly; other times, the writer may make this equation between two things implicitly.

A figure of speech that directly compares two unlike things. To make the comparison, similes most often use the connecting words "like" or "as," but can also use other words as indication.

A type of figurative language in which non-human things are described as having human attributes

A figure of speech in which a writer or speaker exaggerates for emphasis

An expression used by a particular group of people with a meaning that is only known through common use

The repetition of a word or words at the beginning of successive phrased, clauses, or lines

The repetition of a word or words at the end of successive phrases, clauses, or lines

Repeating the beginning sound of a word

Repetition of internal vowel sounds (EX: lAke - fAte)

Repetition of ending consonant sounds (EX: baRN - buRN)

When both consonance and assonance are present

A poet's deliberate pattern of lines that rhyme with other lines in a poem or a stanza

A reference in a story to an historical event, a person from history, a work of literature, or a character in a work of literature

The measured arrangement of sounds/beats

A figure of speech that seems to contradict itself, but which, upon further examination, contains some kernel of truth or reason

A figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear next to each other

The central meaning or dominant message the poet is trying to get across to the reader

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Poetry Terms - ELA 4

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Term	Definition
Lyric Poetry	Poetry that expresses a strong feeling or emotion
Narrative Poetry	Poetry that tells a story. A ballad and an epic are examples of narrative poetry
Dramatic Poetry	Poetry that is meant to be read aloud
Symbol	Something that represents something else. A writer will usually use a simple item to represent something more elevated
End Weight	The emphasis is not made clear until the end of the line of poetry OR the end of the poem
Tone	Author's attitude towards the subject of the writing/text. An author's attitude can be positive, negative, or neutral
Stanza	A poetic paragraph
Refrain	Words or phrases repeated in the same order or position in many or all stanzas
Enjambment	When a thought or sense, phase or clause, in a line of poetry does not come to an end at the line break, but moves over to the next line
Caesure	A pause or break within a line of poetry
Imagery	Creating a "mental picture" by appealing to the five senses
Metaphor	A figure of speech that compares two different things by saying that one thing is the other. The comparison in a metaphor can be stated explicitly; other times, the writer may make this equation between two things implicitly.
Simile	A figure of speech that directly compares two unlike things. To make the comparison, similes most often use the connecting words "like" or "as," but can also use other words as indication.
Personification	A type of figurative language in which non-human things are described as having human attributes
Hyperbole	A figure of speech in which a writer or speaker exaggerates for emphasis
Idiom	An expression used by a particular group of people with a meaning that is only known through common use
Anaphora	The repetition of a word or words at the beginning of successive phrased, clauses, or lines
Epistrophe	The repetition of a word or words at the end of successive phrases, clauses, or lines
Alliteration	Repeating the beginning sound of a word
Assonance	Repetition of internal vowel sounds (EX: lAke - fAte)
Consonance	Repetition of ending consonant sounds (EX: baRN - buRN)
Rhyme	When both consonance and assonance are present
Rhyme Scheme	A poet's deliberate pattern of lines that rhyme with other lines in a poem or a stanza
Rhythm	The "beat" of a poem
Onomatopoeia	Sound words
Allusion	A reference in a story to an historical event, a person from history, a work of literature, or a character in a work of literature
Diction	The poet/author's word choice
Meter	The measured arrangement of sounds/beats
Paradox	A figure of speech that seems to contradict itself, but which, upon further examination, contains some kernel of truth or reason
Oxymoron	A figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear next to each other
Theme	The central meaning or dominant message the poet is trying to get across to the reader

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