Poetry language Flashcards
Poetry
A type of literature in which ideas and feelings are expressed in compact, imaginative, and musical language
Form
A literary works structure, or organization, including a poems arrangement of words and lines on a page
Stanza
A group of lines with in a poem
Rhyme
Repetition of sounds at the ends of words
End rhyme
Rhyming words occur at the end of lines
Iternal rhyme
Rhyme that occurs with and a line
Rhythm
The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllable’s in aligne
Free verse
Poetry without any rhyme and rhythm
Symbol
A person, place, object, or action that stands for something beyond itself
Cannotation
The ideas and feelings associated with the word, as opposed to its Dictionary definition
Denotation
Words dictionary definition
Poetic license
Variation from vaguely usages and facts allowed in poetry
Narrative poetry
Poetry that tells the story: contains characters, settings, plot, and themes
Repetition
Or use of any element of language – they sound a word or phrase a structure – more than once
Speaker
The voice to talk to the reader – like the narrator in a work of fiction
Simile
A comparison of two things that have some quality in common conveyed by the word like or as
Metaphor
A comparison of two things that have some quality in common: it says that one thing is another
Personification
The giving of human qualities to an animal, object, or idea
Alliteration
A repetition of a sound or a letter at the beginning of two words: gives writing a musical quality
Onomatopoeia
The use of words who sound suggest their meaning
Hyperbole
Exaggeration, or bold overstatement, use for emphasis
Imagery
Consist of words and phrases that appeal to the readers senses
Figurative language
Helps readers picture ordinary things in new ways
