TERMS Flashcards
Poem
average words create a strong feeling through meaning
Lines
Rows of words (poem lines do not always follow rules)
Stanzas
Group of lines set apart by spaces
Rhyme
words with same ending sound
Fat
Rat
Bat
Mat
Rhyme scheme
shown by a sequence of letters,such as ABAB
A:Why
B:Tea
A:Fly
B:Me
Rhythm
Creates beat,stressed and unstressed syllables in a line
Meter
Recurring pattern that appears
Repetition
Repeating words/lines in poetry,reinforced meaning or theme
Alliteration
Repetition of an initial consonant sound
Simile
A comparison that uses like or as
EX: axe smells as bad as moldy food
Metaphor
Doesn’t use like or as (stronger the simile)
EX: Emma’s eyebrows is compared tochubaka
Personification
Giving non living things human like features or characteristics
EX: my iPad was crying because it was at 1%
Symbolism
Use of image/thing thats stands for something else
EX:i wore red white and blue for 4th of July
Allusion
Reference to other work
EX:my son lied so much i thought i was gonna have to baptize him
Point of view
What position someone tells a story
Speaker
Narrator of a story (voice of poem)
Theme
Central idea that a poem explores
Tone
Mood the poem creates
Lyric poem
Short poem,like a song
Ode
2 or more stanzas
Haiku
Very short poem,3 lines (usually about nature)
Sonnet
14 lines,first 8 lines make 1 idea (last 6 lines question idea)
Ballad
Stanzas of 2-4 lines,refrain that repeats (tells a story)
Free verse
Doesn’t follow rules or rhythm/rhyme
