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Published on Nov 20, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

POETRY TERMS

AND EXAMPLES
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BALLAD

A POEM SONG NARRATING A SHORT STORY IN STANZAS

CONCRETE

POEM THATS SHAPE REFLECTS THE MAIN IDEA OF THE POEM

FREE VERSE

POETRY THAT DOESNT RHYME OR HAVE REGULAR METER

LYRIC

BRIEF POEM EXPRESSING THE WRITERS FEELINGS

NARRATIVE

IN THE FORM OF OR CONCERNING NARRATION

SONNET

  • 14 lines
  • Ryme scheme
  • Iambic pantameter

STANZA

PART OF A POEM OR STORY
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ONOMATOPOEIA

WORDS THAT SOUND LIKE WHAT THEY MEAN
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METAPHOR

A DIRECT COMPARISON BETWEEN TO DISSIMILAR ITEMS
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PERSONIFICATION

COMPARISON OF A NONHUMAN THING AND A HUMAN

SIMILE

COMPARISON OF DISSIMILAR THINGS USING LIKE OR AS
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ALLUSION

REFRENCE TO SOMETHING IN LITERATURE IN ANOTHER PEICE OF LITERATURE

CLICHE

SAYING THAT HAS BEEN OVERUSED AND BECOME POINTLESS

CONATATION

AN IDEA OR FEELING THAT INVOKES A PRIME MEANING

DENOTATION

THE LITERAL MEANING THAT YOU WOULD FIND IN THE DICTIONARY

FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE

THE IMAGINATIVE LANGUAGE THAT MAKES A POEM RICH TO THE READER

HYPERBOLE

DELIBERATE EXAGGERATION
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IMAGE

A SINGLE MENTAL PICTURE THAT THE POEM CREATES IN A READERS MIND
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IMAGERY

POETS CREATE PICTURES IN A READERS MIND

LITERAL LANGUAGE

THE LITERAL MEANING OF A POEM

MOOD

THE EMOTION OF THE POEM
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OXYMORON

SINGLE WORD OPPOSITES
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PARADOX

A LARGE OXYMORON

REPITITION

DELIBERATELY REPEATED WORDS SOUNS OR PHRASES

SYMBOL

SOMETHING THAT REPRESENTSSOMETHING ELSE

TONE

THE NARRATORS ATTITUDE TOWARDS THE PEOM
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UNDERSTATMENT

THE OPPOSITE OF A HYPERBOLE

COUPLET

TWO LINES OF POETRY THAT RHYME

OCTAVE

EIGHT LINES OF POETRY THAT RHYME
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QUATRAIN

FOUR LINES OF POETRY THAT RHYME

SESTET

SIX LINES OF POETRY THAT RHYME

STANZA

VERSE PARAGRAPH

VERSE

A PARAGRAPH OF WRITING IN A POEM
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BLANK VERSE

UNRHYMED IAMBIC PENTAMETER

IAMBIC PENTAMETER

TEN SYLLABLES IN LENGTH FOLLOWS A SPECIFIC PATTERN

REFRAIN

THE CHORUS OF A BALLAD

RHYME

WHEN SOUNS MATCH AT THE END OF LINES OF POETRY

RHYTHM

A PATTERN OF SOUND IN A POEM

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