Post on 22-Jul-2020
Poetry and Figurative Language
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Poetry Terms
Meter
A fixed metrical pattern of poetry
The rhyming pattern of a poem
Rhythm:
A regular repeated pattern of beats, sounds, activity, or movements.
Types of Poetic Meter1. Iambic: unstressed/stressed2. Trochaic: stressed/unstressed3. Spondaic: stressed/stressed4. Anapestic:
unstressed/unstressed/stressed5. Dactylic:
stressed/unstressed/unstressed
Types of Poetic Feet1. 1 foot - monometer2. 2 feet - diameter3. 3 feet - trimeter4. 4 feet - tetrameter5. 5 feet - pentameter6. 6 feet - hexameter
and so forth
Rhyme
Correspondence of sound between words or the endings of words, especially when these are used at the ends of lines of poetry.
Stanza
A group of lines forming the basic recurring metrical unit in a poem; a verse
SonnetA verse form poem consisting of 14 lines with a fixed rhyme scheme.
Three Types of Sonnets:
1. English2. Italian3. Shakespearean
Ode
A poem in which a person expresses a strong feeling of love or respect for someone or something
Limerick
A humorous rhyming poem of five lines
Poetic License
An author's right to break the rules of proper writing in order to achieve an effect or to get a point across
Haiku
A Japanese form of poetry or a poem written in this form:
Line 1 = 5 syllables
Line 2 = 7 syllables
Line 3 - 5 syllables
Epic Poetry
A long, poetic story usually about heroic deeds and adventures
Free Verse
Poetry that does not rhyme and does not have a regular rhythm
Ballad
A kind of poem or song that tells a story (such as a story about a famous person from history)
Figurative Language
Allegory
A story in which the characters and events are symbols that stand for ideas about human life or for a political or historical situation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RWOpQXTltA
Metaphor
A word or phrase for one thing that is used to refer to another thing in order to show or suggest that they are similar
“You’re in hot water.”
Simile
A comparison of two things using “like” or “as”
Personification
Giving human-like qualities to animals or objects
Alliteration
The repetition of sounds
Consonance
The repetition of consonants within words
Assonance
The repetition of vowels within words
Hyperbole
Exaggerated statements that are not meant to be taken literally
Understatement
To say that (something) is smaller, less important, etc., than it really is
I’ll be there in one second.”
Theme
The central idea that an author wants the reader to get out of a piece of literature
Mood
The overall feeling of a piece of literature
Tone
The author’s attitude toward a piece of literature
Flashback
A part of a story that describes or shows something that happened in the past
Foreshadowing
To give a suggestion of (something that has not yet happened)
Onomatopoeia
The creation of words that imitate natural sounds
Irony
The use of words that mean the opposite of what you really think especially in order to be funny
You go to school to learn. It’s ironic that they messed up.
Oxymoron
A combination of words that have opposite or very different meanings
Symbolism
The use of symbols to express or represent ideas or qualities in literature, art, etc.
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