Poetic terms-Unger

stanza

• A group of lines in a poem
• poetry without a regular meter or rhyme scheme
• repetition of accented vowel sounds and all sounds following them; words can be spelled differently
• A basic artistic device, fundamental to poetry. Some examples are the repetition of sound, syllables, words, lines, and rhythmic patterns
• word whose sound imitates or suggests its meaning

allusion

• a reference to a particular person, thing, event or story

• A group of lines in a poem

• poetry without a regular meter or rhyme scheme

• repetition of accented vowel sounds and all sounds following them; words can be spelled differently

• A basic artistic device, fundamental to poetry. Some examples are the repetition of sound, syllables, words, lines, and rhythmic patterns

figurative language

• the use of expressions that are not literally true but which show that unlike things are similar in some respect.
• a reference to a particular person, thing, event or story
• A group of lines in a poem
• poetry without a regular meter or rhyme scheme
• repetition of accented vowel sounds and all sounds following them; words can be spelled differently

hyperbole

• a figure of speech that is an exaggeration for effect
• the use of expressions that are not literally true but which show that unlike things are similar in some respect.
• a reference to a particular person, thing, event or story
• A group of lines in a poem
• poetry without a regular meter or rhyme scheme

metaphor

• comparison between 2 UNLIKE things where one is said to be another
• a figure of speech that is an exaggeration for effect
• the use of expressions that are not literally true but which show that unlike things are similar in some respect.
• a reference to a particular person, thing, event or story
• A group of lines in a poem

personification

• inanimate objects, animal, or ideas are spoken about as if they have human characteristics
• comparison between 2 UNLIKE things where one is said to be another
• a figure of speech that is an exaggeration for effect
• the use of expressions that are not literally true but which show that unlike things are similar in some respect.
• a reference to a particular person, thing, event or story

simile

• comparing 2 UNLIKE things using LIKE, AS, THAN, RESEMBLES
• inanimate objects, animal, or ideas are spoken about as if they have human characteristics
• comparison between 2 UNLIKE things where one is said to be another
• a figure of speech that is an exaggeration for effect
• the use of expressions that are not literally true but which show that unlike things are similar in some respect.

idiom

• figurative language; a common expression that has acquired a meaning that differs from its literal meaning
• comparing 2 UNLIKE things using LIKE, AS, THAN, RESEMBLES
• inanimate objects, animal, or ideas are spoken about as if they have human characteristics
• comparison between 2 UNLIKE things where one is said to be another
• a figure of speech that is an exaggeration for effect

alliteration

• a poetic sound device where the same beginning consonant sound (b,d,f,s) in two or more words are close together. It adds to the sound of poetry
• figurative language; a common expression that has acquired a meaning that differs from its literal meaning
• comparing 2 UNLIKE things using LIKE, AS, THAN, RESEMBLES
• inanimate objects, animal, or ideas are spoken about as if they have human characteristics
• comparison between 2 UNLIKE things where one is said to be another

end rhyme

• 2 or more words rhyme at the end of lines in poetry
• a poetic sound device where the same beginning consonant sound (b,d,f,s) in two or more words are close together. It adds to the sound of poetry
• figurative language; a common expression that has acquired a meaning that differs from its literal meaning
• comparing 2 UNLIKE things using LIKE, AS, THAN, RESEMBLES
• inanimate objects, animal, or ideas are spoken about as if they have human characteristics