Poetry

Repetition of consonant sounds in several words that are close together

• Repetition

• Assonance

• Alliteration

• Rhyme

Use of words, phrases, and ideas in such a way as to evoke mental images and sense impressions

• Metaphor

• Figurative Language

• Personification

• Imagery

A line of poetry

• Verse

• Rhyme Scheme

• Stanza

Mixed form consisting of 14 lines of verse with 10 syllables. Rhyme scheme is abab cdcd efef gg. Usually witty or humorous

• Sonnet

• Ballad

• Ode

• Limerick

Two successive lines of poetry, usually of equal length and rhythmic correspondence, with end-words that rhyme

• Free Verse

• Limerick

• Haiku

• Couplet

Formation or use of words which imitate sounds, like whispering, clang, and sizzle.

• Rhyme

• Onomatopoeia

• Personification

• Metaphor

Repeating of words, phrases, lines, or stanzas.

• Rhyme

• Rhyme Scheme

• Repetition

• Verse

Fluid poetry form which conforms to no set rules

• Free Verse

• Haiku

• Ode

• Ballad

Human characteristics are attributed to an animal, object, or an idea.

• Imagery

• Metaphor

• Similie

• Personification

Short narrative poem which stanzas of 2-4 lines and usually a refrain. Last words of 2nd and 4th lines rhyme.

• Ballad

• Lyric

• Ode

• Couplet