Introduction to Poetry

A kind of rhythmic, compressed language that uses figures of speech and imagery designed to appeal to emotion and imagination In other words.. A literary work in which special intensity is given to the expression of feelings and ideas by the use of distinctive style and rhymthm

the voice talking in a poem.

group of lines forming a unit in a poem.

The distinct way a poem is laid out on the paid is called the poem's

What is the likeness of sounds at the ends of words, as in cute, mute, and root

attitude of the author toward a piece of literature (how the author feels)

the uncertainty or anxiety the reader feels about what will happen next in a story.

a reasonable conclusion made about something based on certain clues or facts.

What is the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words? i.e “The cat crawled up the cold clock”- the letter C is repeated.

What is a repetition of vowel sounds in non-rhyming words i.e “That sound of shots was shocking and loud.” “I am going to sigh right before I fly.” or

When the lines have a repeated rhythmic pattern it’s a..

What is the voice that relates the ideas of story of the poem.

a contrast between expectation and reality.

a musical quality produced by the repetition of stressed and unstressed syllables or by the repetition of certain other sound patterns.

words or phrases that describe something in a way that creates pictures, or images that appeal to the reader's senses.

Emotions and associations connected to a word. Depending on your experiences, it can have positive, negative or neutral meaning.

specific or literal meaning of a work or phrase (dictionary definition).

what is the use of words that sound like what they refer to, like buzz, hiss, crunch, and thump.

what communicates ideas besides the ordinary, literal meanings of the words. (there are 3 basic types of figurative language)

what is the attribution of human qualities to an object, animal, or idea

A play on words that have the some or similar sounds but different meanings.

an expression that is illogical and means something other than its literal statement.

what is a more direct comparison, as in “Jake believed that life was a football show” or “The typical teenage girl's room is filled with clutter.”

a comparison between tow unlike things, using a word such as like or as.