Literary terms

Language that is NOT meant to be taken seriously (examples - simile, metaphor, personification)

• Dialect

• Mood

• Figurative Language

• stanza

When an entire poem is about ONE metaphor

• imagery

• Extended Metaphor

• Symbolism

• Repetition

the overall EMOTION the READER feels

• metaphor

• dialect

• alliteration

• mood

a comparison between two unlike things WITHOUT using "like" or "as"

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• symbolism

when one thing stands for or represents something else

• symbolism

• simile

• metaphor

• dialect

a comparison between two unlike things using "like" or "as"

• imagery

• simile

• metaphor

• symbolism

The person responsible for writing the poem

• Rhyme scheme

• Speaker

• dialect

• Author

When a writer uses language in an attempt to reproduce the accents and speech patterns of people who aren't speaking standardized English (Example: southern accent / British accent)

• Rhyme scheme

• dialect

• alliteration

• stanza

A "chunk" or a paragraph in a poem.

A grouping of two or more "lines" that come together to form a unit.

• Stanza

• rhyme scheme

• theme

• alliteration

When a writer repeats a word, phrase or line for emphasis

• extended metaphor

• alliteration

• theme

• repetition