1. Poetry terms
1) figurative language
the use of words or phrases to express something different than their usual meanings.
examples:
hyperbole, imagery, metaphor, personification, and simile

2. Imagery
use of words that create mental pictures-helps readers see, hear, taste, smell and feel
examples: hyperbole, onomatopoeia, and personification

3. hyperbole
extreme exaggeration; unrealistic; used for humorous or intensifying effect
“She was so fat she weighed 2 tons!”
“She was 10 feet tall!”
“I ate a million M&Ms!”

4. Onomatopoeia
The sound of the word imitates what the word means/describes
examples:
buzz, plop, boom, clang, squeak, peep, quack, meow, moo, cluck, snap, crackle, pop, neigh, baa,

5. personification
animals, things, and ideas, are described by using human characteristics
example
“Finally the mountains around the valley reached out and swallowed the sun.”
“The wind screamed.”
“Cars danced across the icy road.”

6. simile
a comparison of two different things that uses the words , like or as
Example
She is as fat as a pig.
The girl ran as fast as a cheetah.
He swims like a fish.

7. Metaphor
a comparison of two different things that does NOT use like or as
examples:
She is an angel.
Jail is heaven.

8. Alliteration
The repetition of the same or similar consonat sounds at the beginning of words.
“ I’ve sailed upon the seven seas and stopped in every land.”

9. Mood
Mood is the overall feeling that the reader gets from the poem or story.
examples:
humor, anger, fear, depression, quiet, peace, hopeful, sadness (melancholy), annoyed

10. Tone tone the author’s attitude toward what he or she is writing
humor, anger, sadness (melancholy), fear, quiet,

11. Theme
The main idea of the poem or other piece of literature. It is often a message that can be expressed very simply.
Example:
the theme of the book , The Keeping Quilt, is the creating of a family tradition.

12. Repetition repetition
repeating words or phrases; a way to add emphasis
Apple snails for dinner
Apple snails for lunch
And every Sunday morning
Apple snails for brunch.

13. rhyme
words that have different beginning sounds but the same vowel and ending sounds
fat skin ask
cat twin mask
hat shin task

14. rhyme scheme the pattern of rhyme in a poem….abba, ababa, ect.
There once was a big brown cat a
that liked to eat a lot of mice b
He got all round and fat a
Because they tasted so nice b

15. rhythm
a musical quality that comes from the repetition of stressed and unstressed syllables in poetry, and by the repetition of words, phrases, and sentences. (you can clap the rhythm)

16. stanza (verse)
a group of lines that form a unit in a poem; like a paragraph in an essay