Sound Work
use of words that imitate sounds
What is onomatopoeia?
BONUS: Example?
a group of lines that form a unit of poetry
What is a stanza
TLDR: "VERSE" is an abstract term.
Overly familiar phrases that no longer create an image in the mind's eye
What is cliche?
BONUS: Give an example!
repetition of initial consonant sounds
What is alliteration?
BONUS: Example?
What is a metaphor?
A direct comparison of two unlike things NOT using like or as. "The moon was a grapefruit."
the continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line
What is enjambmet?
the voice that "talks" to the reader in a poem
What is the speaker?
NOT THE POET/WRITER : )
repetition vowels sounds in poetry
What is assonance?
a line of poetry that ends in a pause and a (.)
end-stop
Overly ornate writing that may disrupt a narrative flow-- an overuse of cliche, melodrama, $10 words-- and distracts the reader
What is purple prose?
repetition of internal or end consonant sounds
What is consonance?
Name ANY traditional/"closed" form of poetry other than a sonnet.
Villanelle, haiku, sestina, ghazal, pantoum.
The "turning point" of a poem
What is a volta? OR Polarity OR Turn OR juxtaposition - just so long as your poem has some unpredictability!
_____ language is rooted in the senses & tangible while _____ language is conceptual, often vague.
Concrete VS Abstract
BONUS: Example?
...nothing, but in things - William Carlos Williams.