Fig Lang
A comparison using "like" or "as"
Simile
A group of lines in a poem
stanza
end rhyme
giving human characteristics to an animal, object or abstract concept
personification
literature written in meter or verse
poetry
A comparison without using "like" or "as"
Metaphor
A 14-line poem that had traditional rules surrounding rhyme and meter
sonnet
the repetition of initial consonant sounds.
alliteration
the place and time in which a poem takes place
setting
occurs when a phrase or sentence continues from one line of poetry to the next without punctuation
enjambment
When one thing represents another
Symbol
Poetry that does not have a foxed form
free verse
the repetition, at close intervals, of consonant sounds found within or at the end of words.
the expressions of the author’s attitude toward the subject matter
tone
the author’s manner of expression. An author’s style is the result of choices about vocabulary, organization, imagery, pace, and recurring themes.
style
Language that evokes the five senses
Imagery
A fairly short narrative poem
ballad
the recurrence of rhythmic stresses or accents in a regular pattern.
meter
a reference to a person, place, thing, event or idea in history or literature used to suggest an emotion or idea
allusion
Another name for poetry
verse
A central or unifying idea
theme
a short poem that expresses the personal emotions and thoughts of a first-person narrator and is characterized by its musical qualities.
lyric
the repetition, at close intervals, of vowel sounds.
assonance
a figure of speech in which the poem’s speaker addresses someone absent or dead, or something nonhuman as if it were alive and present and could reply
apostrophe
a line that ends with a complete thought or phrase and punctuation, which signals a natural pause for the reader
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