Figurative Language
A figure of speech that makes a comparison between 2 things using like or as.
Definition of Stanza?
A unified group of lines in poetry often marked by spacing sections of the poem.
Definition of Allusion
A brief reference to a real or fictional person, event, place or work of art.
Definition of Ballad
A story/narrative in poetic form.
Definition of Metaphor
A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two things without using connecting words(Like or as).
Definitions of Verse?
A single line of poetry.
Definition of alliteration
The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
Definition of Consonance
the repetition of constant sounds but not vowels, in a chunk of text.
Definition of Theme
The central meaning or dominant message the poet is trying to deliver to the reader.
Definition of Free Verse?
Poetry that does not rhyme or have a measurable meter.
Defintion of Tone
The attitude the poem's narrator takes towards a subject or character.
Definition of enjambment
This occurs when one line ends without a pause or any punctuation and continues onto the next line.
Definition of symbol
An object or action that means something more than its literal meaning.
Definition of Rhythm?
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.
Definition of Diction
The author's specific word choice.
Definition of onomatopoeia
A word that sounds like what it means. Ex:buzz, click, bang, sizzle.
Definition of meter?
The measured arrangement of sounds and beats in a poem.