Words
A deliberate exaggeration used to emphasize a point
ex: I am starving!
What is a Hyperbole
A comparison of two different things that do not use connecting words
ex She is the mother hen
What is a metaphor
Giving human qualities or actions to something that is not human
ex: The vaccum sprang to life and started speaking in chinese
Personification
A comparison of two different things using connecting words, such as like, as , than, or seems
ex: He is like a roadrunner
What is a simile
The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words
ex:
She Sold Seashells down by the Seashore
What is an alliteration
Is language that uses words or expressions with a meaning that is different from the literal interpretation
ex: Hyperbole, Simile, metaphor, exc.
What is figurative language
A visual description
ex: A graph, or a picture
What is imagery
A line of text that is used in a play ,poem, or a story
ex:
Jonathan:"He must be near"
What is a line?
is a formal type of poetry which expresses personal emotions or feelings, typically spoken in the first person
ex:
I loved her
and then she left me
(not really)
Lyrical
Narrative poetry is a form of poetry that tells a story, often making the voices of a narrator and characters as well
What is a narrative?
Words that imitate real sounds
ex:
SKREEEEEECH
What is Onamonapia
A person who wrote a poem
ex: (you)
What is a poet
Refrain is a verse, a line, a set, or a group of some lines that appears at the end of stanza, or appears where a poem divides into different sections. repetition/repeat
ex:Hello
Hey there
Hows it going?
hey there
What is a refrain?
Two words which sound alike, but are differently spelled
ex: I am a poet, and didn't even know it
What is a rhyme?
The ordered pattern of rhymes at the end of a poem
ex:
Hey there
I like pears
Be good, and go nowhere
HEHEHEHEHEHEHEHE
what is a Rhyme scheme
a form of lines making a verse in a poem
ex:
My name is chris
with no miss
Or aim
What is a stanza
Strong visuals indicating a relationship between it and what it is representing
ex: a graph
What are Graphic (structural) elements
Using words that have the same sound somewhere in them and using it more than once in a single sentence
ex:The rain falls in Spain where there are plains
What is an assonance
Same sound, but different letters
ex: Do you like blue?
Consonance
The mood of the character, or how they might emotionally or physically feel
ex: "I said leave it!"
What is tone?
The emotional feelings of the character
ex: "Just leave me alone"
What is mood?