English exam

what is poetry

writing that is expressed through emotions and feelings

what is visual imagery

sense of sight

olfactory imagery

Sense of smell

auditory imagery

Sense of hearing

Tactile imagery

Sense of touch

Kineshetic imagery

motion or movement

organic imagery

internal feelings

gustatory imagery

sense of taste

lines

one row of a poem

stanza

series of lines grouped together

Persona

speaker of the poem

Imagery

descriptions you can imagine

sound devices

a way authors use to add rhythm to the poem

rhyme

words that have the last syllable

rhyme scheme

a certain pattern that a rhyme follows

onomatopoeia

words that imitate sounds

repetition

repeating words to emphasize an idea

Alliteration

repetition of the first syllable, consonant and vowel

consonance

repetition of consonants in the beginning, middle or end of the word

theme

message of the poem

form

the organization and structure of the poem

lyric poem

thoughts emotions, actions, and ideas through music and is always first person

Narrative poet

tells a story and includes characters, etc

dramatic poet

also tells a story, includes dialogue of two or more people and can be performed in a theatre

context clues

Hints that help us understand the difficult word better

synonym clues

clues that have the same meaning as the word

antonym clues

clues that have the opposite meaning of the difficult word

explanation clues

clues that include the explanation of the difficult word

Example clues

Clues that give examples to help us understand

affixes

word particles added to the root word to change the meaning

prefixes

affix that is placed in front of the root word

Suffixes

Words that are placed after the root word

circumfixes

words that go before and after the root word

Literary devices

devices that authors use to add depth and meaning

figurative language

not meant to be taken literally and used words to express a message

Simile

Using 2 words with like and as

Metaphor

Compared 2 things without like and as

hyperbole

over exaggerated

Personification

To give objects human qualities

Irony

To mean something different then what you say

Oxymoron

2 opposite words to create a effect

Paradox

shows a sentence that might look opposite but closer examination it reveals the truth