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Poetry Creation

Published on Nov 20, 2015

A short slideshow about the different types of poetry and terms in poetry

PRESENTATION OUTLINE

POETRY CREATION

BY LILI KOOYMAN
Photo by Kotomi_

POEM

WORDS ORGANIZED IN A RHYTHM OR RHYHM WITH A MEANING

SPEAKER

THE VOICE USED BY A POET TO SPEAK A POEM
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BALLAD

A LONG POEM THAT TELLS A STORY IN RHYME

CONCRETE

A POEM IN THE SHAPE OF THE SUBJECT

FREE VERSE

NO CERTAIN LENGTH OR PATTERN

Free verse poems do not have to rhyme or have a rhythm. It is all how the poet sees it. It experiments with words to make images

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LYRIC

SHORT POEMS OF INTENSE FEELING THAT RHYME AND HAVE RHYTHM

NARRATIVE

A POEM THAT TELLS A STORY, CAN BE IN RHYME BUT ALWAYS HAS A PLOT

SONNET

A FOURTEEN LINE LYRIC IN IAMBIC PENTAMETER

SONNET CONTINUED...
It is in Iambic Pentameter, something Shakespere used in his work. It is also in a certain pattern, like abab, abba, cdcd, or gg.

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ALLITERATION

REPEATING OF SIMILAR-SOUNDING WORDS

ONOMATOPOEIA

A WORD THAT SOUNDS LIKE WHAT IT MEANS

METAPHOR

AN INDIRECT COMPARISON OF TWO THINGS
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SIMILE

A COMPARISON WITH "LIKE" OR "AS"

PERSONIFICATION

GIVING A NON HUMAN OBJECT HUMAN CHARACTERISTICS

SIMILE

A COMPARISON USING "LIKE" OR "AS"

ALLUSION

A REFERENCE TO A DIFFERENT PIECE OF LITERATURE

CLICHÉ

AN OVERUSED STATEMENT THAT IS BORING

CONNOTATION

THE UNSPOKEN PART OF A WORD

DENOTATION

THE LITERAL MEANING OF A WORD
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FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE

IMAGINATIVE PART OF A POEM OR ANY WRITING
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HYPERBOLE

AN EXTREME EXAGGERATION
Photo by Tyler Howarth

IMAGE

A MENTAL PICTURE OF A POEM
Photo by Adam Melancon

IMAGERY

PICTURES IN THE READERS MIND THAT APPEAL TO THE SENSES
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LITERAL LANGUAGE

THE LITERAL MEANING OF A POEM
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MOOD

THE EMOTION OF A POEM

OXYMORON

A PAIR OF OPPOSITE WORDS BESIDE EACHOTHER
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PARADOX

A LARGE OXYMORON WITH A FALSE YET TRUE STATEMENT
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REPETITION

REPEATED WORDS, SOUNDS, OR PHRASES
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SYMBOL

SOMETHING USED TO REPRESENT SOMETHING ELSE

TONE

THE NARRATOR'S ATTITUDE TOWARDS THE POEM
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UNDERSTATEMENT

OPPOSITE OF HYPERBOLE; STATES LESS THAN NECESSARY
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COUPLET

TWO LINES OF RHYMING POETRY
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OCTAVE

8 LINES OF POETRY IN RYHM
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QUATRAIN

FOUR LINES OF POETRY THAT RHYME
Photo by Leo Reynolds

SESTET

SIX LINES OF POETRY THAT RHYME

STANZA

VERSE PARAGRAPH
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VERSE (PARAGRAPH)

A PARAGRAPH OF WRITING IN A POEM
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BLANK VERSE

UNRHYMED IAMBIC PENTAMETER
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IAMBIC PENTAMETER

A LINE OF POETRY THAT IS TEN SYLLABLES IN LENGTH
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REFRAIN

THE CHORUS OF A BALLAD

RHYME

SOUNDS MATCH AT THE END OF A WORD
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RHYME SCHEME

PATTERN OF RHYME IN POETRY EXPRESSED THROUGH LETTERS

RHYTHM

A PATTERN OF SOUND IN A POEM
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THE END!!

I HOPE YOU ENJOYED!
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TOTAL: 44 SLIDES

NOT INCLUDING THIS AND THE PREVIOUS SLIDE