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Poetry   
terms.   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

Personifcation: 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
 
 
 
The apple has a face just like a person would. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 

Alliteration: 

Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginnings of 
words. 

 

 

  

 

Krispy Kream has 2 words that start with K. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rhyme: 

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

 
 

The cow jumping over the moon is to represent a  
Famus poam that rhymes. 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 

 

Rhythm: Musical quality created by a pattern of beats  

or stresses in a line of poetry. 
 

The musical page has a pattern a beats. 

 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 
 
 

 

Onomatopoeia:The use of words or phrases 

whose sounds suggest their meanings. The sound of 
the word boom, for example, suggests an explosion. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

The bang is because onomatopoeia is a word that shows something in a word. 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Internal rhyme:Rhyme that occurs within a single line 

of poetry. 

 

p 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. 
 

This picture shows the android symbol which reprsentds android 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

Simile:A person, place, an object, or an action 

that stands for something beyond itself. 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

Metaphor:Direct comparison between two 

unlike things. It does not use the words like or as. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

hyperbole:Figure of speech in which the truth 

is for emphasis or humorous 
effect. 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

Free verse:Poetry written without a regular rhyme 

scheme, meter, or form. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

There is no rhyme at all 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 
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. 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
 

 
 
 
 
Rhyme: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. 

 

all of these things represent something 

 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
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.