Poetry Terms
Published on Nov 28, 2015
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
BALLAD
A LONG POEM THAT TELLS A STORY IN RHYME
CONCRETE
POEMS THAT USE A VISUAL TO FORM THE WORDS
FREE VERSE
MODERN POETRY THAT HAS NO RULES
LYRIC POEM
NARRATIVE
A POEM THAT TELLS A STORY; FOLLOWS PLOT STRUCTURE
SONNET
ALLITERATION
ONOMATOPOEIA
WORDS THAT SOUND LIKE WHAT THEY MEAN
DIRECT COMPARISON WITH TWO DISSIMILAR ITEMS
SYMBOLISM
USING ONE THING TO REPRESENT SOMETHING ELSE
PERSONIFICATION
GIVING HUMAN QUALITIES TO NON-HUMAN THINGS
SIMILE
A COMPARISON USING "LIKE" OR "AS"
ALLUSION
ALLUSION EXAMPLE
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CONNOTATION
UNSPOKEN ASSOCIATIONS WITH A PARTICULAR WORD
DENOTATION
THE DICTIONARY MEANING OF A WORD
FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
IMAGINATIVE LAGUAGE THAT ENRICHES A POEM
HYPERBOLE
AN EXAGGERATION TO MAKE A POINT
IMAGE
A MENTAL PICTURE THAT THE POEM CREATES
IMAGERY
POETS CREATE MENTAL IMAGES THAT APPEAL TO THE SENES
LITERAL LANGUAGE
THE LITERAL MEANING OF A POEM
MOOD
THE FEELING OF THE POEM THROUGH WORDS OR DESCRIPTION
OXYMORON
A PAIR OF WORD OPPOSITES FOR DRAMATIC EFFECT
PARADOX
A LARGE OXYMORON
REPETITION
REPEATED WORDS,SOUNDS, OR PHRASES TO MAKE A POINT
TONE
NARRATOR'S ATTITUDE TOWARD THE POEM'S SUBJECT
UNDERSTATEMENT
STATING LESS THAN WHAT'S NECESSARY
COUPLET
TWO LINES OF RHYMING POETRY
OCTAVE
EIGHT LINES OF POETRY WITH A RHYME SCHEME
QUATRAIN
FOUR LINES OF POETRY WITH A RHYME SCHEME
SESTET
SIX LINES OF POETRY WITH A RHYME SCHEME
STANZA
A PARAGRAPH OF WRITING IN A POEM
VERSE PARAGRAPH
A PARAGRAPH OF WRITING IN A POEM
BLANK VERSE
UNRHYMED IAMBIC PENTAMETER
IAMBIC PENTAMETER
A LINE OF POETRY THAT IS TEN SYLLABLES LONG
REFRAIN
THE CHORUS(REPEATING LINES) OF A BALLAD
RHYME
SOUNDS MATCHING AT THE ENDS OF LINES IN POETRY
RHYME SCHEME
THE PATTERN OF RHYME IN A POEM
RHYTHM
THE PATTERN OF SOUND IN A POEM
