Name That Term!
The writer of a poem
Poet
The "voice" of a poem
Speaker
A single line of poetry before the line break
Define image
Something that can be perceived with the senses
What is the prose equivalent of a poet?
An author
The comparison of two unlike things.
Metaphor
A metaphor that uses "like" or "as"
Simile
Define Rhyme
The occurrence of the same sounds at the end of two or more words
An image that represents a theme
(theme: abstract idea)
What is the prose equivalent of a line?
a sentence
(*remember* a line of poetry may not always contain a single sentence's worth of ideas!)
A poem that tells a story (also called a ballad)
Narrative
The rhythm of a poem, arranged by the number of syllables and stresses in a line of poetry
Meter
Define Line Break
Where a line of poetry stops
(not necessarily where the idea stops!)
What is the tone of a poem?
The poet's or speaker's feelings about the people or events being described
Free Points
Woohoo!!
Poetry with no set meter
Free Verse
Two or more lines of poetry
Stanza
Define Caesura and provide one example
A pause or break in a line of poetry, indicated by a punctuation mark, usually near the middle of the line
ex: "How do I love thee? Let me count the ways."
What is subtext?
What is the prose equivalent of a speaker?
A narrator
Enjambment
what is the repetition of the same or similar sounds at the beginning of words and provide an example
Alliteration
ex: answers may vary
She sells shells at the seashore
Silly Stacie says some strange stuff
Peter Piper Picked a Peck of Pickled Peppers
Define Consonance and provide an example
The repetition of similar consonant sounds, especially at the end of words
ex: dismiss/confess
ex: lost/past
What is assonance?
The repetition or a pattern of similar sounds, especially vowel sounds, as in:
"go forth lone rover" or
"she meets the deer in the clearing" or
What is the prose equivalent of a stanza?
A paragraph