poetry 9h

connotation

an idea/feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal meaning

denotation

the literal meaning of a word

imagery

visually descriptive figurative language

stanza

paragraph in poetry

verse

line of poetry

enjambment

running over a sentence/phrase from one poetic line to the next, without terminal punctuation

rhyme scheme

patterns of rhymes at the ends of the lines of a poem/verse as identified by letters

end rhyme

a rhyme that occurs in the last syllables of verses

internal rhymes

a rhyme involving a word in the middle of a line and another at the end of line or in the middle of the next

sight rhyme

involves the use of words that look like they should rhyme, but don’t

couplet

pair of successive rhyming lines, usually of the same length

oxymoron

figure of speech that brings together contradictory words for effect, such as “jumbo shrimp”

paradox

self contradictory phrase/concept that illuminates the truth

repetition

the use of the same word/phrase multiple times

allusion

brief, intentional reference to a historical, mythic, or literary person, place, event, or movement

apostrophe

an address to a dead/absent person as if they were present

hyperbole

figure of speech composed of a striking exaggeration

figurative language

way of expressing one self that does not use word’s realistic meaning

metaphor

simile

personification

M- comparison that is made without using “like” or “as”

S- comparison that uses “like” or “as”

P-describes things, abstractions, or nonhuman form as it were a person

portmanteau

word blending that sounds/combining the meaning of two others

alliteration

repetition of initial stressed consonant sounds in a series of words

assonance

repetition of vowel sounds with repeating consonants

consonance

repetition of constant sounds without different vowel sounds

Cacophony

Euphony

C- hard/discordant sounds

E- pleasing/harmonies

onomatopoeia

figure of speech in which the sound of a words imitates its meaning