Poetry Terms
Published on Nov 20, 2015
These are my poetry terms.
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
BALLAD
LONG POEM THAT TELLS A STORY
CONCRETE
POEM WITH SAME FORMAT AS MEANING
FREE VERSE
MODERN POETRY THAT DOESN'T RHYME
LYRIC
SHORT POEMS OF INTENSE FEELING AND EMOTION
NARRATIVE
POEM THAT TELLS A STORY
SONNET
- 14 LINE LYRIC WRITTEN IN IAMBIC PENTAMETER
- follows rigid rhyme scheme
alliteration
repeated consonant sounds at beginning of series of words
onomatopoeia
words that sound like what they mean
metaphor
comparison not using like or as
personification
non-human is compared to human and has human characteristics
simile
comparison using like or as
allusion
reference from 1 piece of literature to another
cliche
common and boring expression that has been overused
connotation
unspoken, unwritten series of associations made with particular word
denotation
literal meaning of the word that a person would find in the dictionary
figurative language
imaginative language that attracts a reader
hyperbole
exaggeration to make a point
image
mental picture a poem puts in readers mind
imagery
LANGUAGE THAT APPEALS TO FIVE SENSES
literal language
opposite of figurative, dictionary definition
mood
emotion of poem
oxymoron
a contradiction
paradox
large oxymoron with element of truth
repitition
repeated words, phases, stanzas, and sounds
SYMBOL
SOMETHING THAT REPRESENTS SOMETHING ELSE
TONE
NARRATORS ATTITUDE TOWARDS POEM
UNDERSTATEMENT
OPPOSITE OF EXAGGERATION
COUPLET
2 LINES OF POETRY THAT RHYME
OCTAVE
8 LINES OF POETRY THAT HAVE A RHYME SCHEME
QUATRAIN
4 LINES OF POETRY THAT HAVE RHYME SCHEME
SESTET
6 LINES OF POETRY THAT HAVE A RHYME SCHEME
STANZA
PARAGRAPH OF WRITING IN A POEM
VERSE PARAGRAPH
PARAGRAPH OF WRITING IN A POEM
BLANK VERSE
UNRHYMED IAMBIC PENTAMETER
IAMBIC PENTAMETER
LINE OF POETRY THAT IS 10 SYLLABLES IN LENGTH
REFRAIN
CHORUS OF A BALLAD
RHYME
SOUNDS MATCH AT ENDS OF LINES OF POETRY
RHYME SCHEME
PATTERN OF RHYME IN A POEM
RHYTHM
PATTERN OF SOUND IN A POEM
