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Poetry Terms

Personification: A figure of speech in
which an animal, object, or idea is given
human characteristics.

The dog is talking to you.
My alarm was yelling at me to wake up.
The clouds are crying.
The pizza was calling my name.
Last night the wind was howling.

Alliteration: Repetition of consonant
sounds at the beginnings of words.

Rhyme: The repetition of the same or
similar sounds, usually in stressed syllables
at the ends of lines.

Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall
Rhythm: Musical quality created by a
pattern of beats or stresses in a line of
poetry.

Rhythm:Musical quality created by a
pattern of beats or stresses in a line of
poetry.

Onomatopoeia: The use of words or
phrases whose sounds suggest their
meanings. The sound of the word boom,
for example, suggests an explosion.

When something literally says a word that
is the same as the sound it is an
omemonipedia. Something blew up so it
made a boom sound and the picture shows
that to you.

End rhyme: Rhyme that occurs at the end
of lines.

Internal rhyme: Rhyme that occurs within
a single line of poetry.

Stanzas: A group of lines in a poem set off
by blank lines.

Symbol: A person, place, an object, or an
action that stands for something beyond
itself.

Simile: A comparison using like or as

She is as fast as a cheetah.
They are dumb as bricks.
She is smart like Einstein.
They are like fish when they swim.

Metaphor: Direct comparison between two
unlike things. It does not use the words like
or as

Her heart is a cold iron means that she
broke up with him and he is saying her
heart is cold and she doesn't care.

Hyperbole: Figure of speech in which the
truth is exaggerated for emphasis or
humorous effect.

Kill two birds with one stone.
My parents will kill me when I get home.
My backpack weighs a ton.

Free Verse: Poetry written without a
regular rhyme scheme, meter, or form.

Like a bolt of lighting…
A Softball hits my bat at high speed
It heads towards the blue sky
Or a players leather glove

Like a shock of power…
The softball lands in my glove
It tells the black and white dressed referee that the player is out

When lighting hits…
A softball hits the outfield grass
Or dirt in the infield

When a storm ends…
I put my softball in my bag
After a long game

Imagery: Language that appeals to the five
senses---touch, taste, smell, hearing, and
sight.

Lyric poem: Short poem that directly
expresses the poet’s thoughts and
emotions in a musical way.

Narrative poem: Poem that tells a story.

Rhyme scheme: The sequence in which
the rhyme occurs. The first end sound is
represented as the letter a, the second b,
etc.

Poetry: A form of writing that uses not only
words, but also form, patterns of sound,
imagery, and figurative language to convey
its message.

Sound devices: Techniques used to
create a sense of rhythm or to emphasize
particular sounds in writing.

Meter: Regular pattern of stressed and
unstressed syllables that gives a line of
poetry a predictable rhythm.

Figurative language: The use of words to
create an image in the reader's mind.

Mood: The feeling or atmosphere created
by the writer

Idiom: A phrase or expression whose
meaning is different from what the words
say literally.

Symbolism: A literary device where a
physical object represents something else.

Repetition: A technique in which the same
word or line is repeated for emphasis or
unity. Helps to reinforce meaning and
create an appealing rhythm.

Refrain:Stanza or line that is repeated
throughout the poem.

Couplet: Rhymed pair of lines in a poem.

That's the end of our Poetry Terms
Book. Hopefully this helped you
understand poetry terms better.

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