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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

POETRY TERMS

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POEM

A PATTERN OF RHYTHM,RHYME,AND/OR MEANING.

SPEAKER

THE VOICE USED BY A POET TO SPEAK A POEM

BALLAD

A LONG POEM THAT USUALLY IS A FOLK TAKE OR A LEGEND

CONCRETE

A POEM THAT IS IN THE SHAPE OF THE MEANING OF THE POEM

FREE VERSE

POETRY THAT HAS NO PATTERN OF RYTHM,RYHME OR LINE LENGTH

LYRIC

SHORT POEMS OF INTENSE FEELING AND EMOTION

NARRATIVE

A POEM THAT TELLS A STORY

SONNET

FOUTEEN LINE LYRIC WRITTEN IN IAMBIC PENTAMETER

ALLITERATION

REPEATED SOUND AT THE BEGINNING OF WORDS

ONOMATOPOEIA

WORDS THAT SOUND LIKE WHAT THEY MEAN

METAPHOR

A COMPARISON BETWEEN TWO DISSIMILAR THING

PERSONIFICATION

A COMPARISON BETWEEN A HUMAN AND A NON HUMAN

SIMILE

A COMPARISON USING "LIKE" OR " AS"

ALLUSION

A REFERENCE TO ONE PIECE OF WRITING TO SOMETHIN FROM ANOTHER

CLIĆHE

A PHRASE THAT HAS BEEN SO OVERUSED

CONNOTATION

THE UNWRITTEN SERIES OF ASSOCIATION WITH PATICULAR WORD

DENOTATION

THE MEANING OF A WORD YOU WOULD FIND IN THE DICTIONARY

FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE

WORD OR EXPERSSION WITH A MEANING THAT IS DIFFRENT FROM LITERAL

HYPERBOLE

AN EXAGGERATION TO MAKE A POINT

IMAGE

A MENTAL PICTURE THAT THE POET MAKES IN THE READERS MIND

IMAGERY

THE POET IS CREATING IMAGES THAT APPEAL TO THE FIVE SENSES

LITERAL LANGUAGE

THE LITERAL MEANING OF THE POEM

MOOD

THE EMOTIONS OF A POEM

OXYMORON

A PAIR OF SINGLE WORD OPPOSITES PLACE SIDE BY SIDE

PARADOX

A STATEMENT THAT CONTRADICTS ITSELF

REPETITION

REPEATED WORDSIN A WHOLE STANZA

SYMBOL

SOMETHING THST REPRESENTS SOMETHING ELSE

TONE

THE NARRATERS ATTITUDE IN THE POEM

UNDERSTATEMENT

THE OPPOSITE OF HYPERBOLE

COUPLET

TWO LINES THAT RHYME

OCTAVE

A POEM WITH EIGHT LINES THAT RHYME

QUINTRAIN

A POEM WITH FOUR LINES THAT HAVE A RHYME SCHEME

SESTET

SIX LINES OF POETRY THATS HAVE RHYME

STANZA

THE SYNONYM OF VERSE PARAGRAPH

VERSE

THE PARAGRAPH OF POEM

BLANK VERE

UNRHYMED IAMBIC PENTAMETER

IAMBIC PENTAMETER

A LINE OF POETRY THATS HAS TEN SYLLABLES

REFRAIN

THE CHORUS OF A BALLAD OR REPEATING WORDS

RYHME

WORDS THAT SOUND ALIKE

RYHME SCHEME

THE PATTERN OF RHYME IN A POEM

RHYTHM

A PATTERN OF SOUND IN A POEM