figurative language
Giving non-human things human characteristics
personification
an exaggeration
hyperbole
a pair of line that rhyme
what is a couplet?
words, phrases, or sounds that repeat in poem like a chorus.
What is a refrain?
there is a beat or cadence created by the emphasis of words or parts of words. A "sing-song" qulity to a poem.
what is rhyme?
Repeating a sound ie. Susie sits sideways.
alliteration
a phrase that isn't literal ex - Water under the bridge.
idiom
a paragraph-like set of lines in a poem
What is a stanza?
a word at the end of a line rhymes with another word at the end of another line.
what is end rhyme?
words share some sounds but not all. not a real rhyme but very close.
what is a near rhyme?
comparison using like or as
Simile
a pattern of rhyming in a poem
What is a rhyme scheme?
the "narrator" of a poem.
what is a speaker?
comparison without like or as
metaphor
the author of a poem
what is a poet?
the words inside one line rhyme.
what is internal rhyme?
sound words
onomatopoeia
poetry that follows no rules
what is free verse?
a grouping of words in a poem.
what is line?