APEX Unit 2.1.2 Terms

A narrative designed to teach people universal truths about human morality

• Theme

• Moral

• Parable

The use of the same consonant sound at the beginning of words that are close together

• Alliteration

• Meter

• Rhyme

A pattern of stressed and unstressed sounds

• Alitteration

• Meter

• Rhyme

A type of oral storytelling that exists today

• Poetry Slam

• Moral

• Parable

The political, social, cultural, and/or economic setting of an idea, event, or person

• Historical Content

• Moral

• Parable

Two or more words or syllables having a similar or identical sound

• Poetic Devices

• Meter

• Rhyme

Language elements, such as simile and metaphor, that support the mood, tone, and meaning of a poem

• Poetic Devices

• Moral

• Parable

A lesson to be learned

• Poetry Slam

• Moral

• Parable