Form and structure
In a poem this is a group of lines similar to a paragraph.
What is a Stanza?
Imagery creates a vivid word picture apealing to these.
What are the five senses?
This is a figure of speech that compares two unlike things by saying one thing is another thing.
What is a metaphor?
This is when the last words in two lines of poetry end the same.
What is end rhyme?
This is what the poem is literally about.
What is the topic?
A Stanza with 4 lines is called this.
What is a quatrain?
What is a couplet?
This is when a poet assigns human qualities and attributes to nonhuman things.
What is Personification?
This is the repetition of the initial letter or sound in words, phrases, or sentences.
What is Alliteration?
To develop the topic of a poem, the poet will include these.
What are details?
When a line does not end with punctuation and the thought continues to a new line, it is called this.
What is enjambment?
This is an example of this Figurative Language.
I’m bigger than the entire earth
More powerful than the sea
Though a million, billion have tried
Not one could ever stop me.
What is Hyperbole?
This is a culture-specific figure of speech that is not meant to be taken literally. It is hard to know the meaning from the words alone.
What is an idiom?
This is the repetition of vowel sounds within words, phrases, or sentences.
What is assonance?
When you do this, you restate the poet’s words in your own words.
What is paraphrase?
If a poet ends a line with punctuation such as a comma, semicolon, or period, it is called this and is meant to establish a pause.
What is an end-stop?
This is an example of this figurative language.
Cause all of me loves all of you
Love your curves and all your edges
All your perfect imperfections
What is oxymoron?
This is an example of this figurative language.
Her voice is like clear water
That drips upon a stone
In forests far and silent
Where Quiet plays alone.
What is simile?
This is the repetition in consonant sounds within words.
What is Consonance?
This is the central message about life the poet wants you to walk away understanding.
What is theme?
A stanza with 8 lines is call this.
What is octave?
This is the positive or negative feelings associated with a word.
What is connotation?
This is a figure of speech that contains a pair of contradictory words.
What is an oxymoron?
This establishs the overall pace of the poem.
What is Rhythm patterns?
We look at these things to understand theme: topic, details, the speakers __________ on the subject.
What is opinion/feelings?