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Poetry

Poetry. S. Hall. Poetry. A type of literature that is written in meter. Alliteration. The repetition of initial identical consonants sounds. Ex. Suddenly soapy suds seemed to swallow my sweater. . Personification. Gives animals, idea, or objects form human characteristics.

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Poetry

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  1. Poetry S. Hall

  2. Poetry • A type of literature that is written in meter

  3. Alliteration • The repetition of initial identical consonants sounds. • Ex. Suddenly soapy suds seemed to swallow my sweater.

  4. Personification • Gives animals, idea, or objects form human characteristics. • Ex. The books on the shelf whispered secrets as I tried to go to sleep. • The sky is crying • Dead leaves dances in the wind

  5. Rhyme • Similar sounds at the end of two or more words. • When the rhyme occurs in a final stressed syllable

  6. Metaphor • Make a comparison by saying that the subject is something else • Ex. My best friend, Todd, is my security blanket. • He was a lion in battle • Drowning in debt • A sea of troubles

  7. Simile • Comparison using the words like or as • Ex. The bed is as soft as a cotton ball. • Ex. The candy dried up like a raisin in the sun.

  8. Assonance The repetition or a pattern of sounds especially vowel sounds. Ex. Moses supposes his toeses are roses.

  9. Consonance • The repetition of similar consonant sounds especially at the ends of words. • Ex. Lost and past • Ex. Confess and dismiss

  10. Couplet • In a poem, a pair of lines that are the same length and usually rhyme and form a complete thought. • Ex. Shakespearean sonnets usually end in a couplet.

  11. Epic • A long, serious poem that tells the story of a heroic figure. • Ex. Illiad and the Odyssey

  12. Free Verse • Poetry composed of either rhymed or unrhymed words

  13. Haiku • A Japanese poem composed of three unrhymed lines of five, seven, and five syllables. • Haiku often reflect on some aspect of nature.

  14. Hyperbole • A figure of speech in which deliberate exaggeration is used for emphasis. • Ex. Tons of money • Ex. Waiting for ages • Ex. A flood of tears

  15. Limerick • A light, humorous poem of five usually anapestic lines with the rhyme scheme of aabba.

  16. Lyric • A poem such as a sonnet or an ode, that expresses the thoughts and feelings of the poet. • A lyric poem resembles a song in form or style.

  17. Meter • The arrangement of a line of poetry by the number of syllables and the rhythm of accented (or stressed) syllables.

  18. Narrative • Telling a story. • Ballads, epics, and lays are different kinds of narratives

  19. Ode • A lyric poem that is serious and thoughtful in tone and has a very precise, formal structure. • Ex.John Keats- Ode on a Grecian Urn

  20. Onomatopoeia • A figure of speech in which words are used to imitate sounds. • Ex. Buzz, zing, clippety-clop, cock-a-doodle-do, pop, splat, thump, tick-tock

  21. Sonnet • A lyric poem that is 14 lines long. • Italian (Petrarchan) sonnets are divided into two quatrains and six-line sestet • Shakespearean sonnets are composed of three quatrains and a final couplet.

  22. Stanza • Two or more lines of poetry that together form one of the divisions of a poem. • The stanzas of a poem are usually of the same length and follow the same pattern of meter and rhyme.

  23. Verse • A single metrical lone of poetry.

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