| A | B |
|---|
| Figurative | writing that creates an image, meaning is not to be taken for real, may contain personification, metaphor, etc |
| Literal | Words that mean exactly what they say |
| Hyperbole | Obvious exaggeration |
| Metaphor | figure of speech that makes a comparison without using like or as |
| Acrostic | Poem made using the initial letters of a word or phrase |
| Stanza (grouped lines) | A unit of several lines of poetry |
| Free verse (Walt Whitman) | Fluid form which follows no set rules |
| Concrete poem | forms a shape, the appearance on the page is more important than the text |
| Couplet | Two, successive rhyming lines |
| Sonnet--abab cdcd efef gg | A fourteen line poem |
| Limerick | A five line stanza, humorous poem |
| Onomatopoeia "kerplunk" "crackle" | Imitation of natural sounds spelled out in word format |
| Ballad (many songs) | Simple, narrative poem usually has a refrain |
| Alliteration...Peter picked a peck | Repetition of initial letter or sound in two or more nearby words |
| Assonance...The June moon loomed over the horizon | Resemblance of initial letter or sound in two or more nearby words |
| Oxymoron...pretty ugly, good grief, almost ready | Two or more words that appear to be contradictory but actually express a truth!!! |
| Haiku | Japanese lyric poem--3 unrhymed lines with 5,7,5, syllables |
| Imagery--create pictures for the senses | Imaginative thought or expression, creates a mental image, done with figurative language |
| Personification | Figure of speech that gives human qualities to non-human beings |
| Rhyme---Abab, aabb, etc | Ending sounds that agree-echoing of final sounds-lake and fake |
| Simile | Figure of speech that makes a comparison using like or as |
| Symbol | Something representing a completely different thing or idea |
| Elegy | Sad and thoughtful poem, could be mourning the death of a person |
| Allusion--others feared his Herculean strength | Reference to another work of art |
