Elements of poetry terms

what is tone

• the attitude expressed toward a subject

• repeated sounds at the end of lines (pool, rule, fuel)

• a catch-all phrase for poems not written in rhyme and meter

Rhymes

• repeated sounds at the end of lines (pool, rule, fuel)

• the use of any element of language – a sound, word, phrase, clause, sentence – more than once

• the use of words that imitate sounds (crash, bang, hiss, splat)

Free verse

• a catch-all phrase for poems not written in rhyme and meter

• the use of any element of language – a sound, word, phrase, clause, sentence – more than once

• the attitude expressed toward a subject

• the beat created by the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables

Meter

• regular rhythm

• – a catch-all phrase for poems not written in rhyme and meter

• the use of any element of language – a sound, word, phrase, clause, sentence – more than once

Rhythm

• the beat created by the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables

• the use of words that imitate sounds (crash, bang, hiss, splat)

• describe one thing as if it were something else

Repetition –

• the use of any element of language – a sound, word, phrase, clause, sentence – more than once

• the use of words that imitate sounds (crash, bang, hiss, splat)

• gives human qualities to something that is non-human (The Ocean crashed

Onomatopoeia –

• the use of words that imitate sounds (crash, bang, hiss, splat)

• repetition of consonant sounds in the beginning of words (lovely lonely lights)

• describe one thing as if it were something else

Alliteration

• repetition of consonant sounds in the beginning of words

• describe one thing as if it were something else

• use like or as to compare two unlike things and show similarities between the two

Metaphors

• describe one thing as if it were something else

• use like or as to compare two unlike things and show similarities between the two

• gives human qualities to something that is non-human (The Ocean crashed angrily.)

Similes –

• use like or as to compare two unlike things and show similarities between the two

• gives human qualities to something that is non-human (The Ocean crashed angrily.)

• poetry that tells a story in verse; often have similar elements to those in a short story (plot, characters, setting)