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Poetry Terms

Published on Nov 28, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

POETRY TERMS

BY BLAIR BLAKENEY

BALLAD

A LONG POEM THAT TELLS A STORY IN RHYME

CONCRETE

POEMS THAT USE A VISUAL TO FORM THE WORDS

FREE VERSE

MODERN POETRY THAT HAS NO RULES

LYRIC POEMS

  • Shorter poems
  • Intense feeling
  • Can be free verse or rhyme
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LYRIC POEM

NARRATIVE

A POEM THAT TELLS A STORY; FOLLOWS PLOT STRUCTURE

SONNET

SONNET

  • 14 line lyric
  • Written in iambic pentameter
  • Follows a rigid rhyme scheme
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ALLITERATION

ONOMATOPOEIA

WORDS THAT SOUND LIKE WHAT THEY MEAN

DIRECT COMPARISON WITH TWO DISSIMILAR ITEMS

SYMBOLISM

USING ONE THING TO REPRESENT SOMETHING ELSE

PERSONIFICATION

GIVING HUMAN QUALITIES TO NON-HUMAN THINGS

SIMILE

A COMPARISON USING "LIKE" OR "AS"

ALLUSION

ALLUSION EXAMPLE

CLICHÉ

A PHRASE OR EXPRESSION THAT IS OVERUSED
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CONNOTATION

UNSPOKEN ASSOCIATIONS WITH A PARTICULAR WORD

DENOTATION

THE DICTIONARY MEANING OF A WORD

FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE

IMAGINATIVE LAGUAGE THAT ENRICHES A POEM

HYPERBOLE

AN EXAGGERATION TO MAKE A POINT

IMAGE

A MENTAL PICTURE THAT THE POEM CREATES

IMAGERY

POETS CREATE MENTAL IMAGES THAT APPEAL TO THE SENES

LITERAL LANGUAGE

THE LITERAL MEANING OF A POEM

MOOD

THE FEELING OF THE POEM THROUGH WORDS OR DESCRIPTION

OXYMORON

A PAIR OF WORD OPPOSITES FOR DRAMATIC EFFECT

PARADOX

A LARGE OXYMORON

REPETITION

REPEATED WORDS,SOUNDS, OR PHRASES TO MAKE A POINT

TONE

NARRATOR'S ATTITUDE TOWARD THE POEM'S SUBJECT

UNDERSTATEMENT

STATING LESS THAN WHAT'S NECESSARY

COUPLET

TWO LINES OF RHYMING POETRY

OCTAVE

EIGHT LINES OF POETRY WITH A RHYME SCHEME

QUATRAIN

FOUR LINES OF POETRY WITH A RHYME SCHEME

SESTET

SIX LINES OF POETRY WITH A RHYME SCHEME

STANZA

A PARAGRAPH OF WRITING IN A POEM

VERSE PARAGRAPH

A PARAGRAPH OF WRITING IN A POEM

BLANK VERSE

UNRHYMED IAMBIC PENTAMETER

IAMBIC PENTAMETER

A LINE OF POETRY THAT IS TEN SYLLABLES LONG

REFRAIN

THE CHORUS(REPEATING LINES) OF A BALLAD

RHYME

SOUNDS MATCHING AT THE ENDS OF LINES IN POETRY

RHYME SCHEME

THE PATTERN OF RHYME IN A POEM

RHYTHM

THE PATTERN OF SOUND IN A POEM