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Poetry Terms

Tone The speaker’s attitude towards his or her audience

Rhythm Musical quality produced by repeated sound patterns

Scanning Marking the syllable pattern / = stressed U= unstressed EX: Dr. Seuss

Rhyme Words that end with the same vowel or vowel-consonant sound EX: clown & noun Both have –ow followed by an –n sound

End Rhyme Rhyming that occurs at the end of a line EX: Dr. Seuss’ The Sneetches : thars & stars

Internal Rhyme Rhyming that occurs within a line EX: “The rumbling, tumbling stones, And “Bones, bones, bones!” from “The Sea” by James Reeves

Rhyme Scheme The pattern of rhyming sounds at the end of lines Ill tell you the story of Jimmy Jet- A And you know what I tell you is true. B He loved to watch his TV set A Almost as much as you. B From “Jimmy Jet and his TV Set” by Shel Silverstein

Free Verse Sounds like regular conversation Many poets use this today because then they don’t have to worry about meters or rhyme schemes

Repetition Rhyme and rhythm used to create sound effects EX: Dr. Seuss using “thars” and “stars” to create humor

Refrain The repetition of a word, phrase, line or group of lines

Alliteration Repetition of consonant sounds in words that are close together EX: It laughs a lovely whiteness, And whitely whirs away, From “Cynthia in the Snow” by Gwendolyn Brooks

Figurative Language Also known as Figures of Speech Making imaginative comparisons EX: His friendship was valuable His friendship was like a gift

Metaphor Directly compares two unlike things EX: The sea is a hungry dog, Giant and gray.

Simile Comparison between unlike things that uses specific words of comparison, such as like or as EX: He’s white as spilled milk from “Ode to Mi Gato” by Gary Soto

Personification Speaking of something that is not human as if it has human abilities, emotions, and reactions. EX: The sky wept bitterly all day.

Word Choice Choosing the right word- the one that is most vivid and precise-to convey or show a poem’s meaning

Sentence Structure Showing meaning and tone in poetry

Strategies… Strategies that will help you identify tone and meaning in poetry: Pay attention to the title Punctuation Rhythm and rhyme scheme Word choice Figurative Language Fluency

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