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Poetry Vocab Review
Use this to study for your Vocabulary Quiz on Monday, 3/17
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Simile | When two things are compared using “like” or “as” |
| Metaphor | A direct comparison of two things; stating that one thing is the other |
| Personification | Giving human characteristics to nonhuman objects |
| Hyperbole | An exaggeration that is used for emphasis |
| Idiom | An expression that cannot be interpreted literally |
| Imagery | The words or phrases a poet chooses to paint a picture in the mind of the reader. |
| Irony | A contrast between what is expected and what really happens |
| Allusion | Reference to a person, place, thing, or event that is known from literature, history, or aspect of culture |
| Symbol | A person, place, thing, or event that stands for itself AND something beyond itself |
| Tone | The attitude a writer takes toward the reader, subject, or character |
| Mood | The feeling created by the poet for the reader |
| Poetry | A type of literature that creates an emotional response. |
| Verse | Another word for poetry |
| Stanza | A grouping of lines in a poem (like a paragraph) |
| Line break | Where a line in the poem is broken and a new line begins |
| Refrain | A repeated phrase, line, our groups of lines |
| Enjambment | Ending a line of poetry without a complete sentence/clause |
| End stopped line | Ending a line of poetry with a complete sentence |
| Rhyme | The repetition of the final sounds in two or more words |
| Rhyme scheme | A pattern of end rhymes; usually marked by letters |
| End rhyme | Rhyming words at the ends of two or more lines of poetry |
| Internal rhyme | When rhyming words occur in the same line of poetry |
| Rhythm | A regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables. |
| Repetition | The recurring use of a sound, word, phrase or line to create mood or emphasize an important idea |
| Onomatopoeia | The use of words to imitate sounds or gestures used in a story, poem , or any other things |
| Alliteration | When the same first letter is used multiple times also referred to as a tongue twister |
| Assonance | Repetition of vowel sounds |
| Consonance | Repetition of consonant sounds anywhere within words, not just the beginning |
| Ballad | A narrative poem that tells a story; song-like |
| Haiku | A form of Japanese poetry that has 3 lines and seventeen syllables |
| Free Verse | Poetry that does not have a regular meter or rhyme scheme |
| Elegy | A poem that often mourns the dead; usually formal |
| Acrostic | Any poem in which the first letter of each line spells out a word |
| Epic | A long poem that tells of a hero’s deeds |
| ODE | A poem written in praise of a person, object or event |
| Sonnet | A 14-line poem lyric poem (intended to express emotions) that may have one of several rhyme schemes |
Created by:
Kason.Ortega07
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