Alliteration: Repetition of consonant sound at the beginning of words.
Analogy: Point-By-Point comparison between two things that is alike in some respects.
Assonance: Repetition of vowels sounds within non-rhyming words.
Consonance: Simultaneous combination of tones conventionally accepted as being in a state of response.
Ballad: Poem that tells a story and is meant to be sung or recited.
Blank Verse: Unrhymed poetry written in iambic pentameter.
Figurative Language: Language that communicates ideas beyond the ordinary literal meanings of words.
Free Verse: Does not contain a regular pattern of the rhyme and meter.
Haiku: A major form a Japanese verse, written in 17 syllables divided into 3 lines of 5, 7, and 5 syllables, and employing highly evocative allusions and comparisons, often on the subject of nature or one of the seasons.
Imagery: consists of descriptive words and phrases that recreate sensory experiences for the reader.
Lyric Poem: Short poem in which a single speaker expresses personal thoughts and feelings.
Narrative Poem: Tells a story
Ode: Lyric poem typically of elaborate or irregular metrical form and expressive of exalted or enthusiastic emotion.
Rhyme: Occurrence of a similar or identical sound at the ends of two or more words.
Rhythm: Refers to the pattern or flow of sound created by the arrangement of stresses and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry.
Shakespearean Sonnet: Consists of 3 quatrains, or 4 line units, and a final couplet
Petrarchan Sonnet: A sonnet form popularized by Petrarch, consisting of octave with the rhyme scheme.
Analogy: Point-By-Point comparison between two things that is alike in some respects.
Assonance: Repetition of vowels sounds within non-rhyming words.
Consonance: Simultaneous combination of tones conventionally accepted as being in a state of response.
Ballad: Poem that tells a story and is meant to be sung or recited.
Blank Verse: Unrhymed poetry written in iambic pentameter.
Figurative Language: Language that communicates ideas beyond the ordinary literal meanings of words.
Free Verse: Does not contain a regular pattern of the rhyme and meter.
Haiku: A major form a Japanese verse, written in 17 syllables divided into 3 lines of 5, 7, and 5 syllables, and employing highly evocative allusions and comparisons, often on the subject of nature or one of the seasons.
Imagery: consists of descriptive words and phrases that recreate sensory experiences for the reader.
Lyric Poem: Short poem in which a single speaker expresses personal thoughts and feelings.
Narrative Poem: Tells a story
Ode: Lyric poem typically of elaborate or irregular metrical form and expressive of exalted or enthusiastic emotion.
Rhyme: Occurrence of a similar or identical sound at the ends of two or more words.
Rhythm: Refers to the pattern or flow of sound created by the arrangement of stresses and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry.
Shakespearean Sonnet: Consists of 3 quatrains, or 4 line units, and a final couplet
Petrarchan Sonnet: A sonnet form popularized by Petrarch, consisting of octave with the rhyme scheme.
