Poetic Terms

A unified group of lines in poetry.  Often marked by spacing between sections of the poem. 

• alliteration
• verse
• stanza
• diction

The Central meaning or dominant message the poet is trying to deliver to the reader is known as

• allusion
• theme
• tone
• metaphor

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The author’s specific word choice.

• diction
• enjambment
• consonance
• onomatopoeia

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An example of this is: “Sara’s seven sisters slept soundly.”

• assonance
• simile
• onomatopoeia
• alliteration

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Examples of this include: “hissed,” “crackle,” and “splash.”

• personficiation
• onomatopoeia
• simile
• metaphor

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An example of this is: “My heart’s a stereo.”

• metaphor
• ballad
• simile
• theme

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This occurs when one line ends without a pause or any punctuation and continues onto the next line.

• verse
• consonance
• enjambment
• diction

Alliteration

• A unified group of lines in poetry. This is often marked by spacing between sections of the poem.
• The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words
• A word that sounds like what it means.
• A single line of poetry.

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Meter

• An object or action that means something more than its literal meaning.
• The measured arrangement of sounds/beats in a poem, including the poet’s placement of emphasis and the number of syllables per line.
• The repetition of consonant sounds, but not vowels, in a chunk of text
• Poetry that does not rhyme or have a measurable meter.

a group of lines in a poem, like a paragraph

• stanza

• enjambment

• paraphrase

• vernacular