1. ENGLISH 9
Poetic Terminology

2. POETIC TERMINOLOGY
RHYTHM – THE BASIC BEAT IN A LINE OF POETRY, THE SOUND PATTERN CREATED BY STRESSED AND UNSTRESSED SYLLABLES.
Music is a great way to see rhythm in action!!

3. Alliteration
Repitition of the first sound, usually the first letter, in a series of words

4. Allusion
A REFERENCE TO A FAMILIAR PERSON, PLACE OR THING, REAL OR LEGENDARY.

5. Hyperbole
EXCESSIVE EXAGGERATION TO MAKE A POINT IN A POEM.

6. Imagery A PICTURE THAT IS PAINTED THROUGH DESCRIPTION WORDS. SIGHT
SOUND
TOUCH
SMELL
TASTE

7. Onomatopoeia
A WORD THAT MAKES A SOUND

8. Oxymoron
A PAIR OF DESCRIPTIVE WORDS THAT SEEMS TO CONTRADICT EACH OTHER

9. Personification
Human attributes are given to non-human items

10. Similie
Comparison using “like”, “as”, or “than”

11. Metaphor
Comparison of one object to another by saying it is the other WITHOUT using “like”, “as”, or “than”

12. Parody AN EXAGGERATED, USUALLY HUMOROUS IMITATION.
THE FILM (Scary Movie) is a parody of the movie (Scream) and other popular horror movies.
Mean Girls – Princess Parody
Pixar Parody –
Taylor Swift – Blank Space – Tired Mom Parody
Let it Go – Testing Parody –
Med Student – Rude by Maginc – Parody

13. Symbol A concrete entity standing for some general idea.
A “thing” that represents something other than what it is