Alliteration
Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of worrs
Allusion
A reference to another work of literature, person, or event
Apostrophe
a figure of speech in which one directly addresses an absent or imaginary person, or some abstraction; O
Assonance
Repetition of vowel sounds
atmosphere/mood
the mood/ feeling of the literary work created for the reader by the writer.
cacophony
use of harsh sounding words
cliche
a worn-out idea or overused expression
Connotation
an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning. context
Consonance
similar to alliteration but consonant sound can be anywhere in the word
contrast
Difference between things
Denotation
The dictionary definition of a word
dissonance
chaos words
euphony
use of pleasant sounding words
extended metaphor
A metaphor developed at great length, occurring frequently in or throughout a work.
figurative language
language that uses figures of speech
internal rhyme
A word inside a line rhymes with another word on the same line
near rhyme
sounds are almost but not exactly alike. share the same vowel or consonant sound but not both
refrain
a sound, word, phrase or line repeated regularly in a poem
Lyric
a short poem of songlike quality. first person,
emotional or idwa
Haiku
a Japanese poem of seventeen syllables, in three lines of five, seven, and five, traditionally evoking images of the natural world.
Cinquain
a five line stanza containing 22 syllables
Shakespearean sonnet
14 lines in iambic pentameter, ABAB CDCD EFEF GG three quotations and ends w couplet
Hyperbole
exaggeration for effect
Idiom
literal meaning is not the true meaning of a phrase (raining cats and dogs)
Imagery
language that appeals to the senses
Jargon
language of a group of people
literal language
worlds without benefit of pictures
Metaphor
A comparison without using like or as. two i like things
meter
A regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry
Metonymy
A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it
Mood
How the reader feels about the text while reading.
Onomatopoeia
A word that imitates the sound it represents.
Oxymoron
contradiction within a line
Paradox
a contradiction or dilemma
Personification
A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes
Rhyme
Repetition of sounds at the end of words
rhyme scheme
the pattern of rhyme in a poem
Rythm
The beat created by the sounds of the words in a poem
Simile
A comparison using "like" or "as
end rhyme
A word at the end of one line rhymes with a word at the end of another line
free verse
Poetry that does not have a regular meter or rhyme scheme, no rhyme, conversational
blank verse
unrhymed iambic pentameter
narrative poem
a poem that tells a story
concrete poem
a poem with a shape that suggests its subject
implied metaphor
The comparison is hinted at but not clearly stated.
Speaker
the narrator of a poem
Symbol
A thing that represents or stands for something else, especially a material object representing something abstract.
Synedoche
figure of speech that uses a part to represent the whole
Theme
Central idea of a work of literature
Tone
Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character
Trope
a figurative or metaphorical use of a word or expression
Understatement
ironic or sarcasm, opposite of hyperbole
voice
A writers distinctive use of language
Monometer
one foot on line
Dimeter
two feet on line
Trimeter
three feet on line
Tetrameter
four feet on line
pentrameter
five feet on line
Hexameter
six feet on line
heptameter
7 feet on line
octometer
eight feet
poetry
A type of literature that expresses ideas, feelings, or tells a story in a specific form (usually using lines and stanzas)
poet
The author of the poem
Speaker
the voice of the poem
form
the appearance of the words on the page
Line
A group of words together on one line of the poem
Stanza
A group of lines in a poem
Couplet
2 line stanza
Triplet
3 line stanza
Quatrain
4 line stanza
quintet
a five line stanza
Sestet (sextet)
six line stanza
Septet
7 line stanza
Octave
8 line stanza
Iambic
unstressed, stressed
Trochaic
stressed, unstressed
Anapestic
unstressed, unstressed, stressed
Dactylic
stressed, unstressed, unstressed