1. Poetry Terms

2. Figurative Language A form of language use in which writers and speakers convey something other than the literal meaning of their words. A form of language use in which writers and speakers convey something other than the literal meaning of their words. Examples include: Examples include: –The next 7 slides

3. Personification A figure of speech in which nonhuman things or abstract ideas are given human attributes the sky is crying dead leaves danced in the wind blind justice

4. Simile A figure of speech in which two things are compared using the word "like" or "as.“ The pavement was as hot as the sun. Johnny was flopping like a fish on a line. Her hair was like a tangled mass of seaweed.

5. Metaphor A figure of speech in which two things are compared, usually by saying one thing is another, or by substituting a more descriptive word for the more common or usual word that would be expected. The world's a stage He was a lion in battle Drowning in debt You are my sunshine

6. A figure of speech that gives an inanimate object or abstract idea human traits and qualities. The internet really loves to crash.

7. A figure of speech in which statements are exaggerated. I could sleep for a year.

8. The repetition of the first consonant sound in a phrase. “Tigers took Title Today".

9. A word or a grouping of words that imitates the sound it is describing, suggesting it’s source object. Buzz Slurp Bang

10. Stanza Two or more lines of poetry that together form one of the divisions of a poem. The stanzas of a poem are usually of the same length and follow the same pattern of meter and rhyme. *Similar to a paragraph in an essay.

11. Mood The mood is the feeling or atmosphere of a piece. Some examples include: A feeling of love. A feeling of doom. A feeling of fear. A feeling of pride. An atmosphere of chaos. An atmosphere of peace.

12. Imagery Descriptive words or phrases that appeal to any sense or any combination of senses.

13. He fumed and charged like an angry bull. He fell down like an old tree falling down in a storm. He felt like the flowers were waving him a hello. The eerie silence was shattered by her scream

14. Repetition The repeating of words, phrases, lines, or stanzas.

15. Free Verse Poetry without a regular pattern of meter or rhyme. Modern and contemporary poets of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries often employ free verse.

16. Ballad A narrative poem written in four-line stanzas. Often takes the form of songs. Simple rhyme scheme.

17. Rhyme The matching of final vowel or consonant sounds in two or more words. There once was a cat who was lazy and fat.

18. Rhyme Scheme A pattern of rhyme in a poem. A pattern of rhyme in a poem. –AABB –AB –ABB

19. Couplet A grouping of two lines that rhyme Usually one complete idea. The silly, funny cat Stood up to get my hat

20. Rhythm The recurrence of accent or stress in lines of verse. The recurrence of accent or stress in lines of verse.