Rhythm and Meter
may, say, lay, day, ray, and faye are examples of this
Rhyme
A comparison of two unlike things using the words like or as
Simile
The attitude that a speaker or author takes in a poem
Tone
Poems aren't measured in sentences, rather they are measured in:
lines
Name one famous poet we looked at this semester:
Langston Hughes, Nikki Giovanni, Maya Angelou, Sherman Alexie, Pedro Pietri, Martin Espada, E.E. Cummings
Rhyme at the end of lines is called
End rhyme
Saying something is bigger, smaller, worse, or better than it actually is (over-exaggerating):
Hyperbole
The general feeling of a poem
Mood
A group of lines or "paragraph" in a poem:
Stanza
During what decade did the Harlem Renaissance take place?
1920s
Rhyming in the middle of lines is called
Internal Rhyme
Making something non-human, human
Personification
The voice of a poem is referred to as the
Speaker
Repeating words, lines, or phrases
Repetition.
What was the movement called that brought the Harlem Renaissance North?
The Great Migration
When a poem does not have any kind of consistent pattern:
Free verse
Putting two or more ideas together that don't make literal sense
Paradox
The message/moral lesson of a poem
Theme
When labelling rhyme scheme, what do we use?
Letters at the end of each line.
In your own words, describe the Harlem Renaissance:
Artistic movement that brought African American poets, artists, etc. into the spotlight.
A poem with consistent structure, rhythm, and rhyme is labelled as:
Using comparisons in your writing. These should not be taken literally.
Figures of speech
The physical look of a poem
Structure
Label the rhyme scheme:
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
What was the movement called after the Harlem Renaissance that continued the theme of the Renaissance?
Black is Beautiful