STRUCTURE
The number of lines in a poem.
What is a stanza?
A poem that tells a story and has plot and characters.
What is a narrative?
The choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing.
What is diction?
When two words rhyme exactly.
What is true rhyme?
Exaggeration of something with a humorous effect
What is hyperbole?
When there is a break at the end of a line, denoted by a comma, period, semicolon, or other punctuation marks.
What is an end-stopped?
A type of poem that expresses the thoughts and feelings of the author or poet.
What is a lyric poem?
The subtle underlying meaning of a word
What is denotation?
When two words sound the same.
What is rhyme?
The giving of human qualities to an animal, object, or abstract idea.
What is personification?
When a thought or idea continues onto the next line of poetry.
What is enjambment?
A poem that was written to be performed on stage with actors.
What is a dramatic poem?
The underlying meaning of a word.
What is connotation?
The repetition of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
What is Alliteration?
A comparison between two things that shows similarity, expresses a relationship between two things.
What is an analogy?
A marking of a metrical scheme of a poem
What is scanning or scansion?
An example of a dramatic poem.
What is Romeo and Juliet?
Example of a language:
"My neighbor is wicked smart!"
What is an example of diction.
Repetition of vowel sounds
What is Assonance?
The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses
What is anaphora?
The general pattern or rhythm of a poem.
What is meter?
An example of Lyric.
What is a Sonnet?
Example of a language:
She's feeling blue.
What is an example of a Connotation?
Repetition of consonance sounds anywhere within the words in a poem.
What is consonance
Using a part to represent the whole.
What is synecdoche?