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Poetry

Published on Nov 27, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

POETRY TERMS!

BY CARLY FARMER
Photo by szeke

POEM

WORDS ORGANIZED IN A PATTERN RHYME PR MEANING

SPEAKER

THE VOICE USED BY A POET TO SPEAK A POEM

BALLAD

A LONG POEM THAT TELLS A STORY, USUALLY A FOLK TALE OR LEGEND, IN RHYME

CONCRETE

THEY ARE POEMS THAT RELY ON THE VISUAL PICTURE TO GET THE MEANING

FREE VERSE

MODERN POETRY THAT HAS NO REGULAR PATTERN OF RHYME

LYRIC

SHORTER POEMS OF INTENSE FEELING AND EMOTION

NARRATIVE

A POEM THAT TELLS A STORY

SONNET

A FORTEEN LINE LYRIC WRITTEN IN IAMBIC PENTAMETER THEY FOLLOW RHYME SCHME

ALLITERATION

REPEATED CONSONANT SOUNDS AT THE BEGINNING OF A SERIES OF WORDS

ONOMATOPOEIA

WORDS THAT SOUND LIKE WHAT THEY MEAN

METAPHOR

A DIRECT COMPARISON BETWEEN TWO DISSIMILAR ITEMS

PERSONIFICATION

A COMPARISON BETWEEN A NON HUMAN ITEM AND A HUMAN

SIMILE

A COMPARISON BETWEEN TWO DISSIMILAR ITEMS USING LIKE OR AS

ALLUSION

A REFERENCE IN ONE PIECE OF LITERATURE TO SOMETHING FROM ANOTHER PIECE

CLICHÈ

A PHRASE, LINE OR EXPRESSIOM THAT HAS BEEN OVERUSED "BRUH" IS AN EXAMPLE

CONNOTATION

THE UNSPOKEN, UNWRITTEN SERIES OF ASSOCIATIONS MADE WITH A WORD

DENOTATION

THE LITERAL MEANING OF A WORD FROM A DICTIONARY

FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE

THE IMAGINATIVE LANUGUAGE THAT MAKES A POEM RICH

HYPERBOLE

A DELIBRATE EXPRESSION TO MAKE A POINT

IMAGE

A SINGLE MENTAL PICTURE THAT THE POEM CREATES

IMAGERY

POETS CREATE PICTURES IN THE READERS MIND THAT APPEAL TO THE SENSES

LITERAL LANGUAGE

THE LITERAL MEANING OF A POEM

MOOD

THE EMOTION OF THE POEM

OXYMORON

A PAIR OF SINGLE WORD OPPOSITES

PARADOX

A LARGE OXYMORON

REPETITION

REPEATED WORDS, SOUNDS, PHRASES, OR STANZAS

SYMBOL

SOMETHING THAT REPRESENTS SOMETHING

TONE

THE NARRATORS ATTITUDE TOWARD THE SUBJECT

UNDERSTATMENT

THE OPPOSITE OF A HYPERBOLE

COUPLET

TWO LINES OF POETRY

OCTAVE

EIGHT LINES OF POETRY

QUATRIAN

FOUR LINES OF POETRY

SESTET

SIX LINES OF POETRY

STANZA

ANOTHER WORD FOR VERSE PARAGRAPH

VERSE PARAGRAPH

A PARAGRAPH OF WRITING IN A POEM

BLANK VERSE

UNRHYMED IAMBIC PENTAMETER

IAMBIC PENTAMETER

A LINE OF POETRY THAT IS TEN SYLLABLES IN LENGTH

REFRAIN

THE CHORUS OF A BALLAD, OR REPEATING SET OF WORDS OR LINES

RHYME

WHEN SOUNDS MATCH AT THE END OF LINES OF POETRY

RHYME SCHEME

THE PATTERN OF RHYME IN THE POEM

RHYTHM

A PATTERN OF SOUND IN A POEM