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Poetry Terms

TermDefinition
Mood Feeling, Emotion, or Atmosphere of a poem
Theme Author's purpose or message
Simile Comparison using like or as
Metaphor Comparison not using like or as
Personification Giving inanimate objects human-like characteristics
Hyperbole Exaggeration
Imagery Painting a picture with words by appealing to the five senses
Denotation Dictionary definition of a word
Connotation Implied meaning of a word
Diction Word Choice
Limerick Short, funny poem with a rhyme scheme of AABBA
Ballad Poem about a legendary or historical person or event with a rhyme scheme of ABCB
Free Verse Non-rhyming poem
Figurative When words or phrases represent something other than the literal
Literal Actual or real
Rhyme Scheme Pattern of rhymes at the end of lines
Blank Verse Non Rhyming poetry written in iambic pentameter
Alliteration Repetition of initial consonant sounds at the beginning of words
Assonance Repetition of initial vowel sounds within non Rhyming words
Consonance Repetition of consonant sounds within or at the end of non Rhyming words
Onomatopoeia When a word is a sound
Tone Author's attitude toward his or her work
Speaker The perspective from which the poem is told
Stanza A paragraph in poetry
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