Structure
the grouping of lines in a poem (like a paragraph)
What is a stanza?
Two lines of verse the same length that usually rhyme
What is a couplet?
The recurring use of sound, word, phrase, or line to create mood or emphasize an important idea
What is repetition?
A 14-line lyric poem that may have one of several rhyme schemes (intended to express emotions)
What is a sonnet?
When 2 things are compared using "like" or "as"
What is a simile?
The words of phrases a poet chooses to create a picture in the reader's mind. Usually includes sensory details.
What is imagery?
a repeated phrase, line, or group of lines in a poem
What is a refrain?
The repetition of final sounds in two or more words (cat and hat)
What is rhyme?
The use of words that imitate the sound associated with the action or object
What is onomatopoeia?
A narrative poem that tells a story; song-like
What is a ballad?
Giving human characteristics to nonhuman objects
What is personification?
A person, place, thing, or event that stands for itself AND something beyond itself
What is a symbol?
Another word for poetry
What is verse?
When rhyming words occur in the same line of poetry
What is internal rhymes?
repetition of vowel sounds
What is assonance?
A poem written in praise of a person, object, or event
An exaggeration that is used for emphasis
What is a hyperbole?
The attitude a writer takes toward the reader, subject, or character
When a line of poetry does not end with a complete thought. Punctuation is normally not used.
What is enjambment?
Rhyming words at the end of two or more lines of poetry.
What is end rhyme?
A regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables
What is rhythm?
A humorous verse of three long and two shorts lines, rhyming AABBA
What is a limerick?
A direct comparison of 2 things; stating that one thing is the other
What is a metaphor?
A reference to a person, place, thing, or event that is known from some of there work or pop culture.
What is an aluusion?
a line of poetry that ends with a period is an example of this kind of line break
What is an End Stopped Line?
A repeated pattern of end rhymes; usually marked with letters of the alphabet (ABBA)
What is Rhyme Scheme?
When two or more words in a row or close together START with the same consonant sound
What is alliteration?
Verse (in a play) where a character is speaking their thoughts aloud, regardless of listeners
What is a soliloquy?
An expression that cannot be interpreted literally
What is an idiom?
A contrast between what is expected and what really happens
What is irony?