Structure
This is what you call chunks of a poem (almost like paragraphs)
Stanza
A figure of speech using like or as to compare 2 things
Simile
This is a type of Japanese poem that has 3 lines with a designated number of syllables for each line
Haiku
Language related to the 5 senses
Imagery
This is what we call the person who is speaking
Speaker
This is what you call a point where a line is divided
Line break
A figure of speech comparing two things, not using like or as
Metaphor
This type of poem does not have any rhyme or particular rhythm
Free Verse
A figure of speech that puts contradictory terms in the same phrase. (Examples: Jumbo shrimp, living dead, deafening silence)
Oxymoron
This is the overall message of a poem
Theme
This is when the end of 2 words sound the same, typically at the end of a line
Rhyme
Personification
This type of poem tells a story
Narrative
the naming of a thing or action by a vocal imitation of the sound associated with it
Examples include: BAM, buzz, hiss, boom
Onomatopoeia
The mood of the poem, or the attitude the speaker has about the subject of the poem
Tone
Marks, such as periods, commas, semicolons, etc throughout a poem
Punctuation
Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally
Hyperbole
This type of poem has 14 lines and formal rhyme scheme (for example ABABCDCDEFEFGG)
Sonnet
Repetition of the first letter throughout a phrase (example: Sally sells seashells by the sea shore)
Alliteration
To put something in your own words
Paraphrase
(Example:
I told them
I wasn't going to do anything.)
Enjambment
Word choice is also known as...
This is the longest type of poem. One example is Homer's "The Iliad and the Odyssey"
Epic
A reference to something
Allusion
An idea or feeling that a word invokes; not it's literal definition
Connotation