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What is an author?
person who wrote the text
What are stanzas?
a division of a poem consisting of a series of lines arranged together in a usually recurring pattern of meter and rhyme
What is rhyme?
repetition of similar sounds
What is stress (in poetry)?
greater amount of force used to pronounce one syllable
Who is a speaker/narrator?
person or character speaking in the text
What is a line break?
where a line stops and another begins
What is rhythm?
pattern in sound
What is alliteration?
repetition of the same sound in a group of words.
Example: Janie read a book by the babbling brook.
Are speaker/narrator and authors always the same person?
No!
What is an end-stop?
breaking a line at the end of a sentence or phrase or with some sort of punctuation
What is meter?
the rhythmic structure of a line of poetry, which is determined by the number and arrangement of stressed and unstressed syllables
What is consonance?
repetition of consonant sounds in a group of words
Example: She sells seashells by the seashore
Can narrators change throughout a poem/novel?
Yes, narrators can change.
What is enjambment?
breaking a line in the middle of a sentence or phrase
What is pause/caesura?
a break for a beat in the rhythm of the verse often indicated by a line break or a mark of punctuation
What is assonance?
repetition of vowel sounds in a group of words
Example: Surf and turf