Poetry 1
Basic unit of poetry
What is a Line?
Grouping of lines together
What is a Stanza?
What is Theme?
Words that have the same sound ending
What is Rhyme?
A writer appeals to one or more of the senses in order to help the reader visualize someone or something (setting, concept, conflict, etc) and to evoke an emotion
What is Sensory Imagery?
Emphasize a feeling or idea, create rhythm and/or develop a sense of urgency.
What is Repetition?
Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally
What is Hyperbole?
The attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman.
What is Personification
The person, animal, etc. “telling” the reader something;
What is Speaker?
A comparison of two seemingly unlike things (___ IS ___)
What is a Metaphor?
A literary device that uses symbols (words, people, marks, locations, or abstract ideas) to represent something beyond the literal meaning
What is Symbolism?
A comparison between two seemingly unlike things using “like” or “as”
What is a Simile?