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Poetry terms

Poetry terms. 1 ) figurative language the use of words or phrases to express something different than their usual meanings. examples: hyperbole, imagery, metaphor, personification, and simile. Imagery. use of words that create mental pictures-helps readers see, hear, taste, smell and feel

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Poetry terms

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  1. Poetry terms • 1) figurative language • the use of words or phrases to express something different than their usual meanings. examples: • hyperbole, imagery, metaphor, personification, and simile

  2. Imagery • use of words that create mental pictures-helps readers see, hear, taste, smell and feel examples: hyperbole, onomatopoeia, and personification

  3. hyperbole • extreme exaggeration; unrealistic; used for humorous or intensifying effect • “She was so fat she weighed 2 tons!” • “She was 10 feet tall!” • “I ate a million M&Ms!”

  4. Onomatopoeia • The sound of the word imitates what the word means/describes examples: • buzz, plop, boom, clang, squeak, peep, quack, meow, moo, cluck, snap, crackle, pop, neigh, baa,

  5. personification • animals, things, and ideas, are described by using human characteristics example • “Finally the mountains around the valley reached out and swallowed the sun.” • “The wind screamed.” • “Cars danced across the icy road.”

  6. simile • a comparison of two different things that uses the words , like or as Example • She is as fat as a pig. • The girl ran as fast as a cheetah. • He swims like a fish.

  7. Metaphor • a comparison of two different things that does NOT use like or as examples: • She is an angel. • Jail is heaven.

  8. Alliteration • The repetition of the same or similar consonat sounds at the beginning of words. • “ I’ve sailed upon the seven seas and stopped in every land.”

  9. Mood • Mood is the overall feeling that the reader gets from the poem or story. examples: • humor, anger, fear, depression, quiet, peace, hopeful, sadness (melancholy), annoyed

  10. Tone • tone • the author’s attitude toward what he or she is writing • humor, anger, sadness (melancholy), fear, quiet,

  11. Theme • The main idea of the poem or other piece of literature. It is often a message that can be expressed very simply. Example: • the theme of the book , The KeepingQuilt, is the creating of a family tradition.

  12. Repetition • repetition • repeating words or phrases; a way to add emphasis • Apple snails for dinner • Apple snails for lunch • And every Sunday morning • Apple snails for brunch.

  13. rhyme • words that have different beginning sounds but the same vowel and ending sounds • fat skin ask • cat twin mask • hat shin task

  14. rhyme scheme • the pattern of rhyme in a poem….abba, ababa, ect. There once was a big brown cat a that liked to eat a lot of mice b He got all round and fat a Because they tasted so nice b

  15. rhythm • a musical quality that comes from the repetition of stressed and unstressed syllables in poetry, and by the repetition of words, phrases, and sentences. (you can clap the rhythm)

  16. stanza (verse) • a group of lines that form a unit in a poem; like a paragraph in an essay

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