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| Poetry | A type of literature that expresses ideas, feelings or tells a story in a specific form (lines or stanzas) |
| Poet | the author of the poem |
| speaker | the narrator of the poem ( doesn't have to be the poet) |
| poetry form | the way the words of a poem are organized |
| stanza | a group group of lines arranged together |
| free verse poetry | does not have ryhme |
| rhyme | words that have the same ending vowel and consonant sounds |
| alliteration | repetition of the initial or final consonant |
| onomatopoeia | a word whose sounds immitates its meanig (pow) |
| assonance | the repetition of a vowel sound 2 or more times in a line |
| metaphor | comparison of two unrelated subject.. not using "like" or "as" |
| figurative languange | literary tools used to create meaning... metapho, simile, personification |
| direct metaphor | direct comparison |
| indirect metaphor | indirect comparison |
| simile | a comparioson using "like" or "as" |
| personification | giving human qualities to an inanimate object |
| imagery | representation felling, or abstract ideas with of the 5 senses |
| internal rhyme | a word inside the line rhymes with another word on the same line |
| lyric | a short poem usually written in 1st person point of view |
| Haiku | A Japanese poem reading in 3 lines |
| narrative poem | tells a story |
| hyperbole | exagerration often used for enfasisi |
| idiom | expression where the litereal meaning of the word is not the meaning of the expression. |
| allusion | reference to cultural known theme event, or story to create a comparison |
| diction | the choice of words and figures of speech the poet uses. It is the way he/ she chooses to speak. |
| tone | the attitude the poem implies |
| connotation | the feeling or meaning associated with a word |
| denotation | the dictionary meaning of a word |
| sonnet | a 14 line poem with 3 quatrains and 1 couplet |
| catalog poem | a simple form of poetry made of lists |
| balad | a form of verse, often a narrative set to music |
