Figurative Language
Compares two things using "like" or "as"
Simile.
Sally Sells Sea Shells by the Sea Shore
Alliteration.
A form of poetry without any kind of pattern.
Free verse.
A view about life that is not directly stated. A lesson the author wants us to take away from the poem.
Theme.
A group of lines of poetry (like a paragraph)
Stanza.
"I am so hungry I could eat a horse!"
What poetic device is used in this sentence?
Hyperbole
What is the rhyme scheme of this poem? I heard a bird sing// In the dark of December.// A magical thing// And sweet to remember.// 'We are nearer to Spring// Than we were in September.// I heard a bird sing// In the dark of December.//
ABAB ABAB
A lyrical poem meant to be sung and praises something.
Ode.
The attitude a poem implies.
Tone
Something (usually an object or animal) that represents something else.
Symbolism.
Comparing two things without using "like" or "as"
Metaphor
What figurative language tool is used in this quote? “Poetry is old, ancient, goes back far. It is among the oldest of living things. So old it is that no man knows how and why the first poems came.”
Assonance
A poem that tells a story.
Narrative Poem
The feeling or atmosphere of a poem.
Mood
______ is when a sentence, phrase, or thought does not end with the line of poetry. Rather, it carries over to the next line.Where a line of poetry ends.
Enjambment
"The flame of the candle danced in the wind".
Personification.
What tool is used to create emphasis in this poem? Hint: It is NOT rhyme. Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall; All the King's horses and all the King's men Couldn't put Humpty together again
Repetition
A type of poetic form that has a specific rhyme scheme and is always 14 lines.
Sonnet
The word choice by a speaker or a writer.
Diction
Identify where the personification is in the poem: "Have you got a brook in your little heart, Where bashful flowers blow, And blushing birds go down to drink, And shadows tremble so?" Emily Elizabeth Dickinson, Have You Got A Brook In Your Little Heart
Bashful flowers/ blushing birds / shadows tremble
A narrative, rhyming poem or song originated from folk songs that told exciting or dramatic stories.
Ballad
One single line of a poem arranged in a metrical pattern.
Verse
The use of vivid language to generate ideas and/or evoke mental images, not only of the visual sense, but of sensation and emotion as well.
Imagery
What is the rhyme scheme of this passage: Two roads diverged in a yellow wood// And sorry I could not travel both// And be one traveler, long I stood// And looked down one as far as I could// To where it bent in the undergrowth;
ABAAB
Any figure of speech that was once clever and original but through overuse has become outdated. If you’ve heard more than two or three other people say it more than two or three times, chances are the phrase is too timeworn to be useful in your writing.
Cliché