Poetry
Published on Nov 21, 2015
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
TYPES OF POEMS
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BALLAD
A LONG POEM THAT TELLS A STORY AND RHYMES, USUALLY A FOLK TALE OR LEGEND
CONCRETE
THE WORDS OF THE POEM FORM A PICTURE, USUALY WHAT THE POEM IS ABOUT
FREE VERSE
MODERN POETRY THAT DOESN'T RHYME, HAVE RHYTHM OR A SET LINE LENGTH
LYRIC
SHORTER POEMS OF INTENSE FEELING AND EMOTION
NARRATIVE
A POEM THAT TELLS A STORY
SONNETS:
- 14 lines
- Follow a rigid rhyme scheme
- English rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efef gg
- Italian rhyme schemes: abab cdc cdc or abab abab cde cde
ALLITERATION
REPEATED CONSONANT SOUNDS AT THE BEGINNING OF A SERIES OF WORDS
ONOMATOPOEIA
WORDS THAT SOUND LIKE WHAT THEY MEAN
METAPHOR
A DIRECT COMPARISON BETWEEN TWO DISSIMILAR THINGS
PERSONIFICATION
GIVING HUMAN QUALITIES TO NON-HUMAN THINGS
SIMILE
A COMPARISON BETWEEN TWO DISSIMILAR THINGS USING "LIKE" OR "AS"
ALLUSION
REFERENCE IN ONE PIECE OF LITERATURE TO SOMETHING FROM ANOTHER PEICE OF LITERATURE
CLICHE
A PHRASE, LINE, OR EXPRESSION THAT HAS BEEN VERY OVERUSED
CONNOTATION
THE UNSPOKEN, UNWRITTEN SERIES OF ASSOCIATIONS MADE WITH A WORD
DENOTATION
THE LITERAL MEANING OF A WORD
FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
THE IMAGINATIVE LANGUAGE THAT MAKES A POEM RICH TO A READER
HYPERBOLE
A DILIBERATE EXAGGERATION TO MAKE A POINT
IMAGERY
PICTURES AND DESCRIPTIONS THAT APPEAL TO A READERS SENSES
LITERAL LANGUAGE
THE LITERAL MEANING OF A POEM
MOOD
THE EMOTION OF A POEM, HOW THE POEM MAKES THE READER FEEL
OXYMORON
A PAIR OF SINGLE WORD OPPOSITES PLACED TOGETHER FOR DRAMATIC EFFECT
PARADOX
A LARGE OXYMORON
SYMBOL
SOMETHING THAT REPRESENTS SOMETHING ELSE
TONE
THE AUTHORS ATTITUDE TOWARDS THE POEM
UNDERSTATEMENT
STATING LESS THAN WHAT IS NECESSARY, OPPOSITE OF A HYPERBOLE
COUPLET
TWO LINES OF POETRY THAT RHYME
OCTAVE
EIGHT LINES OF POETRY THAT HAVE A RHYME SCHEME
QUATRAIN
FOUR LINES OF POETRY THAT HAVE A RHYME SCHEME
SESTET
SIX LINES OF POETRY THAT HAVE A RHYME SCHEME
BLANK VERSE
UNRHYMED IAMBIC PENTAMETER. ALL SONNETS ARE WRITTEN LIKE THIS
IAMBIC PENTAMETER
A LINE OF POETRY THAT IS TEN SYLLABLES IN LENGTH
REFRAIN
THE CHORUS OF A BALLAD, OR A REPAETING SET OF WORDS OR LINES
RHYME SCHEME
THE PATTERN OF RHYME IN A POEM
RHYTHM
A PATTERN OF SOUND IN A POEM
