POETRY TERMS Figure of speech compares one thing to something entirely different-It’s never...
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- POETRY TERMS
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- Figure of speech compares one thing to something entirely
different-Its never literally true! Ex: Its raining cats and
dogs.
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- Simile figure of speech which compares two unlike things using
like or as Example:The horse ran as fast as the wind.
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- Metaphor comparing two unlike things without using like or as
Example: He is a beast on the football field.
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- Personification giving human qualities to a non-human thing
Example: The Lion King or The wind whispered.
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- Alliteration repetition of a consonant sound at the beginning
of words Ex:Sally sells seashells at the seashore!
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- Onomatopoeia When a word sounds like what it represents
Example:The bee buzzed.
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- Tone the attitude of the writer or the speaker towards the
subject of the poem or toward the audience.
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- Free form poetry Where a poem does not have a required form
[This shrubby bush preparing itself to blossom re- sem- bles
you]
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- Imagery using the five senses to evoke a strong picture
Example: I left my body laying somewhere In the sands of time. body
layingsands of timebody layingsands of time
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- Lyric poem A poem that expresses an emotion or tells how the
author feels about life. Neyos Beautiful Monster is a lyric poem
because it tells how he feels about his girl.
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- Iambic Pentameter This is a particular meter in poetry.
meterpoetrymeterpoetry It refers to a line consisting of five
iambic feet. iambic feetiambic feet Below is a line of iambic
pentameter Ay, Pil grim Lips that they must use in prayer
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- Fixed form poetry -a type of poem or poetry that has a required
form (For example:it has a required amount of lines or syllables or
rhyme scheme or all of the above) Example: A haiku poem 5 syllables
in the first line, 7syllables in the 2 nd line, 5 syllables in the
last line
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- Speaker the voice that talks directly to us in a poem. The
speaker is not always the author.
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- Symbol something that stands for or represents something else.
Example: A heart is a symbol for love.
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- Hyperbole An overstatement or exaggeration Example:Her heart
was as big as a house! (p.s. also a simile)
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- Rhyme Scheme the pattern of rhyme used in a poem rhyme
Example:(Shakespearean sonnets have an abab cdcd efef gg rhyme
scheme) The last word of lines 1 and 3 will rhyme. The last word of
lines 2 and 4 will rhyme.
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- Slant Rhyme rhyme in which either the vowels or the consonants
of stressed syllables are identical EXAMPLE: I heard a Fly buzz
when I died / The Stillness in the Room/ Was like the Stillness in
the Air / Between the Heaves of Storm Room and Storm are slant
rhymes.
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- Narrative poem A poem that tells a story Eminems song Stan is a
narrative poem because it tells a story.
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- Internal Rhyme rhyme that occurs within the lines or repetition
of an end rhyme within a line Example: I love the doves that float
from above