1. Poetry Terms

2. Front of notecard (blank side)
Term
Picture

3. Back of notecard (lined side)
Definition
Example

4. Speaker

5. The voice talking in the poem, not necessarily the author/poet

6. Simile

7. Definition: A comparison between two dissimilar things using like, as, or than.
Example: He eats like a pig!
He is as dirty as a pig.

10. Metaphor

11. Definition: A comparison between two dissimilar things WITHOUT using like, as, or than.
Example: My sister is an angel.

13. Imagery

14. Definition: Language/words that appeal to the senses (see, hear, smell, feel, taste).
Example: The Poem “Annabel Lee”

16. Personification

17. Definition: Giving human characteristics to non-human things.
Example: “The sun smiled down on the emerald-green fields.”

19. Hyperbole

20. Definition: An extreme exaggeration.
Ex: She is as big as a house.

21. Allusion

22. Definition: A reference to a statement, person, place or event (especially from literature, mythology or the Bible)
Example: “Before I’d pay
I’d go to *Hades
And rot away”
(*from Greek mythology)

23. Symbolism

24. When a person, place, object, or action stands for something beyond itself.
Ex:
American = freedom
A dove = peace
A red rose = romantic love

25. Irony

26. Definition: The contrast between expectation and reality.
Ex. The L.A. teacher’s son fails his writing assignment.

27. Pun

28. A play on the multiple meanings of words. Ex
A play on the multiple meanings of words. Ex. I've been to the dentist many times, so I know the drill. 

29. connotation

30. The implied emotional meaning of a word, not just the exact meaning.
A possible connotation of “home” is “a place of 
warmth, comfort, and affection.”
Thinleanskinnygaunt

31. alliteration

32. Repetition of beginning consonant sounds close together
Repetition of beginning consonant sounds close together. Example: She sells seashells on the seashore.

35. Assonance

36. Repetition of vowel sounds throughout a line of poetry. Ex
Repetition of vowel sounds throughout a line of poetry. Ex. The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain.

38. Repetition

39. Example: Mary had a little lamb, little lamb, little lamb …
When specific words or phrases are repeated two or more times throughout a poem.
Example: Mary had a little lamb, little lamb, little lamb …
When I was a child,
I spoke as a child,
I understood as a child

40. Onomatopoeia

41. A sound effect word. Example: Bzzz goes the bee.
The bacon sizzled in the pan.
He gulped down the soda.
The thunder rumbled.

43. Rhyme

44. Definition: The repetition of sounds in words close together in a poem
Example: Roses are red
Violets are blue
You are so pretty
And I love you

45. Rhyme Scheme a b

46. Definition: The pattern of end rhymes
Ex.
The ugly cat a
sat on the mat a
eating a mouse b
as big as a house b
and now he is fat a

49. Rhythm

50. Definition: A musical quality produced by the repetition of stressed and unstressed syllables.
Example: TaDA TaDA TaDA

51. Stanza

52. In a poem, a group of lines that forms a single unit.

53. Tone (of voice)

54. The attitude the poet takes toward the audience, subject or character.
Example:Tone can be sarcastic, cheerful, serious, or admiring etc..

55. Mood

56. The overall emotion created in the reader; the emotional atmosphere.
Example: A scary, mysterious mood.

57. Free verse

58. A poem without regular patterns of rhyme and rhythm, with sounds of everyday speech.
Example: The poem “Father is a Simple Man”

59. Narrative poem

60. A poem that tells a story Example: “The Highwayman”.

61. Sonnet

62. A poem that has a formal structure of 14 lines and a specific rhyme scheme.

63. Ode

64. A poem in honor of someone or something
Ex. “Ode to Joy”