Poetry

Mood

overall feeling or atmosphere the author creates

tone

expression of writers attitude towards subject

extended metaphor

comparison of two things developed at length

figurative language

words that communicate beyond the literal meaning of words

imagery

descriptive phrases that appeal to the senses

rhythm

the pattern or flow of words or lines in a poem

repetition

to create emphasis, a word or phrase is repeated

Alliteration

repetition of beginning consonants

consonance

repetition consonant sounds within and at the end of words

end rhyme

rhyming of words at the ends of two or more lines of poetry

stanza

division in a poem named for the number of lines it contains

couplet

two- line stanza

quatrain

four- line stanzas

onomatopoeia

creating or using words that imitate sounds

internal rhyme

the rhyming of words within one line of poetry

assonance

repetition of vowel sounds within words

metaphor

a figure of speech that compares two things that have a commonality

simile

same as a metaphor, but uses the words "like" or "as

connotation

the positive or negative associations connected to a word

denotation

a dictionary definition of a word

Personification

object, animal, or idea is given human traits

speaker

the narrative voice of a poem

diction

the choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing

subject matter

the topic dealt with or the subject represented