Elements of Poetry Test – Flashcards
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alliteration
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The repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginnings of several words of a line of poetry or a sentence.
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allusion
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a reference to something with which the reader is likely to be familiar, such as a person, place, or event from history or literature
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hyberbole
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great exxageration
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figurative language
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Made up of all the tools that a poet uses to create a special effect or feeling. It includes metaphor, simile, personification, and onomatopoeia.
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free verse
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Poetry written without a regular rhyme scheme, meter, or form.
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idiom
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A common phrase made up of words that can't be understood by their literal, or ordinary, meanings.
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imagery
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Language that appeals to the five senses- touch, taste, smell, hearing, and sight.
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lyric poem
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short poem that directly expresses the poet's thoughts and emotions in a musical way
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metaphor
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direct comparison between two unlike things; does not use like or as
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mood
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feelings created in the reader by a poem or story
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narrative poem
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A poem that tells a story. Narrative poems usually have all of the elements you would find in a short story: character, setting, conflict, and plot.
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onomatopoeia
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The use of words that sound like the noises they describe.
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personification
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A type of figurative language in which poets give an animal, object, or idea human qualities, such as the ability to hear, feel, talk, and make decisions.
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repetition
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Means "to repeat" something. It is the use of any element of language-a sound, word, phrase, or sentence-more than once.
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rhyme
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repetition of similar sounds
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rhyme scheme
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A repeated regular pattern of rhymes usually found at the ends of lines in a poem.
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rhythm
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The musical quality created by a pattern of beats or a series of stressed and unstressed syllables.
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simile
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A comparison between two unlike things using the words like or as.
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stanza
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A group of lines in a poem set off by blank lines. It usually develops one idea.
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symbol
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Something that stands for something else.
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tone
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the attitude the writer takes toward the audience, subject, or character
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end rhyme
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repetition of similar sounds that come at the ends of lines of poetry
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internal rhyme
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rhyme that occurs within a line when two words have similar sounds
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voice
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the speaker's perspective, from which the poem is written
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speaker
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the narrator of a poem
