poetry

visually descriptive language or figurative language, to create a picture in your head.

• Imagery

• Limerick

• Mood

• Tone

a poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line.

• sonnet

• haiku

• limerick

• sound poem

A poem that is three lines long: the first line is five syllables, the second line is seven syllables, and the third line is five syllables.

• sonnet

• haiku

• limerick

• diamante

A rise and fall of the voice produced by the alternation of stressed and unstressed syllables in language.

• beat

• meter

• rhythm

• tone

A generally regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in poetry.

• beat

• meter

• rhythm

• tone

The selection of words in a literary work to convey action, reveal character, imply attitudes, identify themes, and suggest values.

• diction

• denotation

• connotation

• rhythm

The literal meaning of a word, the dictionary meaning.

• diction

• denotation

• connotation

• tone

An implied meaning of a word. Opposite of denotation.

• connotation

• denotation

• meter

• diction

A comparison developed over several lines of writing

• metaphor

• extended metaphor

• simile

• extended simile

A long speech delivered by a single character and directed at other characters onstage.

• diction

• monologue

• tempo

• unilogue