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Published by Joel Perkins, 2019-09-10 10:04:27

Poetry Terms - Google Docs

Poetry Terms - Google Docs

Poetry Terms

By Joel Perkins

Personification

Personification is when an animal, abject, or idea
is given human characteristics

I chose this picture because the banana has human
characteristics.

Alliteration

Alliteration is constant sounds of the beginning of words

I chose this because the beginning of Krispy and Kreme have the same
sound.

Rhyme

Rhyme is the same or similar sounds in words

I picked this because the words that are circled in the same color rhyme.

Rhythm

Rhythm is when a poem has a pattern of beats.

I chose this picture because this helps people keep rhythm.

Onomatopoeia

Onomatopoeia is a word that is a sound that suggest its
meaning.

I chose this picture because the word bang can be used for a loud noise.

End Rhyme

End Rhyme is when in a poem the author rhymes words at
the end of most lines

I picked this picture because at the end of most of the sentences the
words rhyme.

Internal Rhyme

Internal rhyme is a rhyme within a line in a poem

I chose this picture because the second line has two words that rhyme.

Stanzas

A group of lines in a poem set off blank lines.

I chose this picture because it shows what stanza is.

Symbol

A person, place, an object, or an action
that stand for beyond itself.

I chose this picture because it’s telling what a swan represents.

Simile

Comparing something using like or as.

I chose this picture because it uses the word as.

Metaphor

A direct comparison between two unlike things.
It does not use the words like or as.

Hyperbole

Figure of speech in which the truth is exaggeration for
emphasis or humorous effect

I chose this picture because it’s exaggerating the truth.

Free verse

Poetry written without
a regular rhyme scheme,

Meter, or form.
I used this image because it doesn’t rhyme

and it doesn’t have a regular pattern

Imagery

Language that appeals to the five senses

I chose this picture because it gives examples of the five senses.

Lyric poem

A short poem that directly expresses the poet’s thoughts
and emotions in a musical way.

Narrative Poem

Poem that tells a story.

I chose this picture because it tells a story about a naughty kangaroo

Rhyme scheme

The sequence in which the rhyme occurs

I chose this picture because the rhyme occurs on the same color line.

Poetry

A form of writing that uses not only words but also form,
patterns of sound, imagery, and figurative language to

convey its passage

I chose this picture because it’s a poem.

Sound Devices

Techniques used to create a sense of rhythm or to
emphasize particular sounds in writing

I chose this picture because the author points out how he used the same
sounds in the poem.

Meter

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

I chose this picture because some lines have a rhythm like others.

Figurative Language

The use of words that create an image in the reader's mind

I chose this picture because whenever someone says it’s raining cats
and dogs this is what people think of in their heads.

Mood

The feeling or atmosphere created by the writer

I chose this picture because it’s telling me how the author or somebody
feels.

Idiom

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

I chose this picture because it says speak of the devil but it doesn’t have
to with the devil at all.

Symbolism

A literary device where a physical object represents
something else

I chose this picture because fire is representing anger, punishment and
destruction.

Repetition

A technique in which the same word or line is repeated for
emphasis or unity

I chose this picture because most of the lines start with I do not.

Refrain

Stanza or line that is repeated throughout the poem.

I chose this picture because the last two lines repeat.

Couplet

Rhymed pair of lines in a poem

I chose this picture because three pairs of lines rhyme.


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