Poetic Devices
What is a simile?
Comparing two unlike things using like or as.
This is the person speaking in the story.
The speaker
First person is when the person who has literally experienced it is writing about it.
A conversation between two characters
Dialogue
What is the literal meaning of something?
The dictionary definition of a word, without interpretation.
What is a metaphor?
Comparing two unlike things NOT using like or as.
What is the difference between a line and a stanza?
A stanza is a group of lines, and a line is a single row of words.
Describe third person.
Third person is when someone is writing about someone else's experience.
Means to be excited about an upcoming event
Anticipation
The repeated use of sounds, words, or ideas for emphasis
Repetition
What is alliteration?
This term refers to the repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of words, like in "Peter Piper picked a peck".
What are groups of lines in a poem called?
Stanza
Using words at the end of lines that end with the same sounds
rhyme
Means to be strong and sturdy
Robust
Not using or taking words in their usual or most basic sense.
Non literal meaning
A metaphor that is developed at length, often for several lines or an entire work
extended metaphor
In a poem, what is the difference between the "poet" and the "speaker"?
The poet is the author who wrote the poem, while the speaker is the voice or character telling the story in the poem.
The feeling or attitude created by a poet by using specific words
The tone
To grow infected
Fester
Look or gaze in an unpleasant, malicious, or lascivious way.
leer
What is a slant rhyme?
occurs when two words share similar but not identical sounds. Example: Hill and full
Chunks in between stanzas.
Stanza break
Phrase that uses exaggeration to get across a point
Hyperbole
To draw a conclusion based on evidence and reasoning.
Infer
Language that uses figures of speech to create an effect or image beyond the literal meaning of the words.
Figurative language