Poetry Lit. Terms

1. Poetry Lit. Terms Get pumped.

2. Rhythm A strong, regular, repeated pattern of movement or sound In Poetry: The pattern of sounds made by varying the stressed and unstressed syllables Is there a fast rhythm? Is it smooth? *Think about how you and the people around you speak, everyone has a rhythm of speech

3. Rhyming Pattern/Scheme The pattern of rhymes between lines of poems/songs Sometimes there may be no rhyming pattern Rhyming patterns can be marked with letters AABB ABAB ABAC Typically rhyming words come at the end of lines

4. Rhyming Pattern/Scheme example The sun was shining on the sea, A Shining with all his might: B He did his very best to make C The billows smooth and bright-- B And this was odd, because it was D The middle of the night. B

5. Rhyming Pattern/Scheme --You Try The Moon was shining sulkily, Because she thought the sun Had got no business to be there After the day was done-- “It’s very rude of him,” she said, “To come and spoil the fun!”

6. Does yours match?? The Moon was shining sulkily, A Because she thought the sun B Had got no business to be there C After the day was done-- B “It’s very rude of him,” she said, D “To come and spoil the fun!” B

7. Stanza The divisions of lines in a poem. A B A B A B A B

8. ONOMATOPOEIA A word that imitates a sound or noise CRASH! BOOM! DING! RIP! SQUISH! SHH! Example in music: What does the fox say?

9. Alliteration Words that begin with the same sounds and are near each other. Shesellsseashells by the seashore. Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.

10. Alliteration example The sun was shining on the sea, Shining with all his might: He did his very best to make The billows smooth and bright-- And this was odd, because it was The middle of the night.

11. Alliteration-- You Try The moon was shining sulkily, Because she thought the sun Had got no business to be there After the day was done-- “It’s very rude of him,” she said, “To come and spoil the fun!”

12. Does yours match?? The moon was shining sulkily, Because she thought the sun Had got no business to be there After the day was done-- “It’s very rude of him,” she said, “To come and spoil the fun!”

13. Assonance The same VOWEL sounds inside of words close together Pat, Mad, Chap, Stab, Man, Vat, Lab, Wrap Spot, Rob, Con, Lop, Moss, Nod, Dog, Hock

14. Assonance example The sun was shining on the sea, Shining with all his might: He did his very best to make The billows smooth and bright-- And this was odd, because it was The middle of the night.

15. Assonance-- You Try The moon was shining sulkily, Because she thought the sun Had got no business to be there After the day was done-- “It’s very rude of him,” she said, “To come and spoil the fun!”

16. Does yours match?? The moon was shining sulkily, Because she thought the sun Had got no business to be there After the day was done-- “It’s very rude of him,” she said, “To come and spoil the fun!”

17. Consonance The same CONSONANT sounds inside of words close together Little, Bitter, Matter, Petty, Kitten, Bottle, Potter Carrot, Merit, Ferret, Parrot, Merry, Chariot

18. Consonance example The sun was shining on the sea, Shining with all his might: He did his very best to make The billows smooth and bright-- And this was odd, because it was The middle of the night.

19. Consonance-- You Try The moon was shining sulkily, Because she thought the sun Had got no business to be there After the day was done-- “It’s very rude of him,” she said, “To come and spoil the fun!”

20. Does yours match?? The moon was shining sulkily, Because she thought the sun Had got no business to be there After the day was done-- “It’s very rude of him,” she said, “To come and spoil the fun!”

21. Personification Giving animate (human) qualities to something that is inanimate (exception: animals) (not human) My dog tries to act like a tough guy. The bike whined and creaked for more oil on the chain.

22. What are these personifying? The sun was shining on the sea, Shining with all his might: He did his very best to make The billows smooth and bright-- And this was odd, because it was The middle of the night. The moon was shining sulkily, Because she thought the sun Had got no business to be there After the day was done-- “It’s very rude of him,” she said, “To come and spoil the fun!”

23. Simile Comparing two things using “like” or “as” That donut was as big as a whale! That movie was like watching paint dry.

24. Metaphor Comparing two things without using “like” or “as” --the comparison is implied. The aunt was annoying, an unforgiving siren going off.

25. ASSIGNMENT In “The Walrus & The Carpenter,” find and color code the following: 1. Mark the Rhyming Scheme (start over again with the alphabet for each stanza) 2. Underline alliteration examples in RED 3. Highlight consonance examples in YELLOW 4. Highlight assonance examples in GREEN 5. Underline any similes or metaphors in BLUE