Lingo
The repetition of consonant sounds, but not vowels, in a chunk of test. Example: A worm named Maurice took the garden by storm.
Consonance
Longer and tells a story, with a beginning, middle and end.
Narrative
5-7-5 Syllables
The recurrence of stressed and unstressed sounds in poetry. Depending on how sounds are arranges, the _____ of a poem may be fast or slow, choppy or smooth.
Rhythm
A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two things using like or as.
Simile
An object or action that means something more than its literal meaning.
Symbol
Words are arranged to create a picture that relates to the content of the poem.
Concrete Poem
Rhyme Scheme of "The Highwayman"
AABCCB
The repetition of vowel sounds in a chunk of text.
Assonance
comparison without using like or as
The moon is a ribbon of moonlight.
Metaphor
The measured arrangement of sounds/beats in a poem, including the poet's placement of emphasis and the number of syllables per line.
Meter
The first letter of each line forms a word or phrase.
Acrostic Poem
The Raven rhyme scheme
ABCBBB
The central meaning or dominant message the pet is trying to deliver to the reader.
Theme
Sound Word
boom, bing, bang
Onomatopea
A unified group of lines in poetry. This is often marked by spacing between sections of the poem.
Stanza
A poem with only two lines. Both lines have an end rhyme and the same meter.
Couplet Poem
Faux Poe Rhyme Scheme
ABCBBB
The author's specific word choice.
Diction
Giving a human characteristic to a nonhuman-Death at every window.
Personification
A story/narrative in poetic form.
Ballad
Japanese style poem written in three lines. Focuses traditionally on nature.
A brief reference to a real or fictional person, event, place, or work of art.
Allusion
Poetry that does not rhyme or have a measurable meter.
Free Verse
A single line of poetry.