1. Poetry Terms

2. Stanza A division of poetry named for the number of lines it contains. Couplet: two-line stanza Triplet: three-line stanza Quatrain: four-line stanza Quintet: five-line stanza Example:

3. Meter The patterned repetition of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry.

4. Rhythm The regular or random occurrence of sound in poetry. Regular rhythm: meter Random rhythm: free verse

5. Rhyme The similarity of likeness of sound existing between two words. Example: Sat and cat are perfect rhymes because the vowel and final consonant sounds are exactly the same.

6. Symbol A person, a place, a thing, or an event used to represent something else. Example: A dove is a symbol of peace

7. Mood The feeling a text arouses in the reader.

8. Tone The overall feeling or effect created by a writer’s use of words.

9. Metaphor The use of words to state that two unlike things are similar BUT does not use “like” or “as”. Example: Her hair is silk. (Stating that hair is silk.)

10. Simile A comparison using “like” or “as” Example: His feet were as big as boats. (Comparing size of feet and boats.)

11. Personification Giving human qualities to ideas and things. Example: Her stomach growled.

12. Imagery Creating pictures for the senses. VERY descriptive. Example: Fear was his constant companion.

13. Onomatopoeia The use of words whose sounds suggests its meaning. Example: Spaghetti! Spaghetti! I love you a lot! You’re slishy, you’re sloshly, and you’re slurpy.

14. Assonance Repeated vowel sounds. There should be at least two repetitions in a row. Example: The cat sat on the mat and her hat.

15. Alliteration The repetition of the initial consonant. There should be at least two repetitions in a row. Example: Peter Piper picked a pack of pickled peppers.