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| poetry | the poetic works of a given author written in meter; verse |
| genre | a category of literary composition characterized by a particular style, form, or content |
| point of view | a position from which something is considered or evaluated |
| mood | (atmosphere) the feeling created in the reader by a literary work or passage |
| tone | the attitude toward the subject and audience conveyed by the language and rhythm of the speaker in a literary work |
| personification | giving human qualities to an animal or object |
| symbolism | using symbols or representations to make the intangible more visible and revealing |
| simile | a figure of speech comparing two unlike things using like or as |
| metaphor | a figure of speech that is a direct comparison between two unlike things using is or was |
| haiku | an unrhymed verse form of Japanese origin having three lines containing 5, 7, and 5 syllables; this form usually has a seasonal reference |
| hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration |
| figurative language | conveys a meaning beyond the ordinary |
| theme | message of the poem |
| imagery | language that appeals to the five senses(taste, touch, smell, sound, sight); creates a mental image or picture |
| form | the arrangement of a poem, how it appears on the page |
| stanza | group of lines in a poem arranged together in a usually recurring pattern of meter and rhyme |
| alliteration | the repetition of consonant sound sin a line of poetry |
| figure of speech | (figurative language) a form of expression (as a simile or metaphor) used to convey meaning or heighten effect often by comparing or identifying one thing with another that has a meaning familiar to the reader or listener |
| speaker (voice) | the point of view through which the poem is told |
