1. Literary Terms in
Poetry 1

2. WHAT IS A reference to a historical figure, place, or event?2

3. A reference to a historical figure, place, or event.
ALLUSION
A reference to a historical figure, place, or event. 3

4. The teams competed in a David and Goliath struggle.
ALLUSION
The teams competed in a David and Goliath struggle.

5. WHAT IS
A figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion, make a point, or evoke humor?

6. Hyperbole
A figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion, make a point, or evoke humor.

7. He was so hungry he could have eaten a horse.
Hyperbole
He was so hungry he could have eaten a horse.

8. WHAT IS
A direct comparison between two basically different things. A simile is introduced by the words “like” or “as”?

9. SIMILE
A direct comparison between two basically different things. A simile is introduced by the words “like” or “as”.

10. My love is like a red, red rose.
SIMILE
My love is like a red, red rose.

11. WHAT IS
A comparison between two different things not using the words “like” or “as”?

12. METAPHOR
A comparison between two different things not using the words “like” or “as”.

13. The eyes were daggers that cut right through me.
METAPHOR
The eyes were daggers that cut right through me.

14. Human characteristics given to non-human animals, objects, or ideas?
WHAT IS
Human characteristics given to non-human animals, objects, or ideas?

15. PERSONIFICATION
Human characteristics are given to non-human animals, objects, or ideas.

16. My stereo walked out of my car.
PERSONIFICATION
My stereo walked out of my car.

17. WHAT IS
The voice that communicates with the reader of a poem, similar to a narrator of a story. This is usually a character separate from the actual poet?

18. Speaker
The voice that communicates with the reader of a poem, similar to a narrator of a story. This is usually a character separate from the actual poet.

19. WHAT IS
A group of lines forming a unit in a poem (as a paragraph in a story would)?

20. Stanza
A group of lines forming a unit in a poem (as a paragraph in a story would).

21. Stanza

22. WHAT IS The use of sensory details that appeal to the five senses?

23. The use of sensory details that appeal to the five senses.
IMAGERY
The use of sensory details that appeal to the five senses.

24. Cold, wet leaves floating on moss-colored water.
IMAGERY
Cold, wet leaves floating on moss-colored water.

25. A figure of speech which imitates the sound of what it describes?
WHAT IS
A figure of speech which imitates the sound of what it describes?

26. A figure of speech which imitates the sound of what it describes.
Onomatopeia
A figure of speech which imitates the sound of what it describes.

27. Onomatopoeia
Boom!
Crash!

28. WHAT IS The overall emotional feeling of a work?

29. The overall emotional feeling of a work.
MOOD
The overall emotional feeling of a work.

30. MOOD

31. WHAT IS A pair of words consisting of two seemingly contradictory
(opposing/opposite) terms?

32. A pair of words consisting of two seemingly contradictory terms.
Oxymoron
A pair of words consisting of two seemingly contradictory terms.

33. Oxymoron
Jumbo Shrimp

34. The repetition of identical sounds at the ends of lines of poetry?
WHAT IS
The repetition of identical sounds at the ends of lines of poetry?

35. The repetition of identical sounds at the ends of lines of poetry.
END RHYME
The repetition of identical sounds at the ends of lines of poetry.

36. END RHYME

37. END RHYME
END RHYME can create a
RHYME SCHEME!

38. WHAT IS The repetition of identical sounds within a line of poetry?

39. The repetition of identical sounds within a line of poetry.
INTERNAL RHYME
The repetition of identical sounds within a line of poetry.

40. “We three shall flee across the sea to Italy.” Or
INTERNAL RHYME
“We three shall flee across the sea to Italy.” Or
“Hold infinity in the palm of your hand
And eternity in an hour.”

42. WHAT IS
A slant rhyme or half rhyme occurs when the vowel sounds are not quite identical?

43. SLANT RHYME
A slant rhyme or half rhyme occurs when the vowel sounds are not quite identical.

44. SLANT RHYME

45. Which words make up the slant rhyme?
As we walked up
to the place
She entered,
face locked in a daze.

46. WHAT IS
The pattern that the end rhymes form in a poem or stanza?

47. The pattern that the end rhymes form in a poem or stanza.
Rhyme Scheme
The pattern that the end rhymes form in a poem or stanza.

48. Roses are red. a Violets are blue. b Sugar is sweet, c
Rhyme Scheme
Roses are red. a
Violets are blue. b
Sugar is sweet, c
and so are you. b

49. What is
The repeating of a sound, word, phrase, or more in a given literary work.

50. REPETITION
The repeating of a sound, word, phrase, or more in a given literary work.

51. “I sprang to the stirrup, and Jarvis, and he;
REPETITION
“I sprang to the stirrup, and Jarvis, and he;
I galloped, Derrick galloped, we galloped all three”

52. WHAT IS The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginnings of words?

53. The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginnings of words.
ALLITERATION
The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginnings of words.

54. “Swiftly, swiftly flew the ship”
ALLITERATION
“Swiftly, swiftly flew the ship”

55. ALLITERATION

56. WHAT IS The repetition of consonant sounds?

57. CONSONANCE
The repetition of consonant sounds that are preceded by different vowel sounds.

58. “Wherever we go-- silence will fall like the dew”
CONSONANCE
“Wherever we go--
silence will fall like the dew”

59. The repetition of vowel sounds within words in a line of poetry.
Assonance
The repetition of vowel sounds within words in a line of poetry.

60. “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening”
Assonance
Whose woods these are
I think I know.
“Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening”
by Robert Frost

61. WHAT IS
Something concrete, such as an object, action, character, or scene that stands for something abstract such as a concept or an idea?

62. SYMBOL/SYMBOLISM
Something concrete, such as an object, action, character, or scene that stands for something abstract such as a concept or an idea.

63. “Do not go gentle into that good night
SYMBOL/SYMBOLISM
“Do not go gentle into that good night
Rage, Rage against the dying of the light”
Both phrases are symbols that
stand for death.

64. WHAT IS The main idea or underlying meaning of a literary work?

65. The main idea or underlying meaning of a literary work.
THEME
The main idea or underlying meaning of a literary work.

66. Find the theme of this poem
Link : The Road Less Traveled
By Robert Frost
Slide 7, 9, 11, 13, 15