List 3 Flashcards
A poem with the shape that suggests the subject
Concrete
Song like poems that tell a story often deal with adventure or romance
Ballad
Poetry not written in a regular rhythmic pattern or meter
Free verse
A 3 line Japanese verse poem (5 7 5 syllables)
Haiku
A humorous rhyming 5 line poem with a specific meter or rhyme scheme
Limerick
A highly musical verse that expresses the observations or feelings of the speaker
Lyric poem
A pair of rhyming lines that usually have the same
Meter and length
Rhyming couplet
The repetition of sounds at the ends of words
Rhyme
A regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem or song
Rhyme scheme
The rhythmical pattern of rhyming words in a poem or song
Meter
A regularly repeated line or group of lines in a poem or song
Refrain
Used to help enhance a poems mood and meaning
Sound devices
A group of lines in poetry in poetry that are usually similar in length and pattern and are separated by spaces
Stanza
A story written to be performed by actors
Drama
A literary work especially a play which is light and humorous with a happy ending
Comedy
A feeling of anxious uncertainty about the outcome of events in a literary work
Suspense
A story that is either fiction or nonfiction example novels biographies etc.
Narrative
The introduction to a story that introduces the characters and setting
exposition
A central message concern or purpose in a literary work
Theme
The writers attitude formal or informal towards his or her audience and subject
Tone
Words or phrases that appeal to the five senses
Imagery/images
The repetition of consonant sounds in the beginning of words example peter piper picked a peck of pickled peppers
alliteration
The repetition of vowel sounds followed by different continents in stressed syllables example blade and maze
assonance
The repetition of similar consonant sounds at the ends of accentuated syllables example wind and sand
Consonance
