english test 2 poem

Metaphor

A comparison not using like or as

Simile

a comparison using like or as

Hyperbole

Extreme exaggeration

Alliteration

The repetition of a letter in the beginning word

Assonance

Repetition of a vowel

Internal rhyme

Rhyme in the middle of the sentence

End rhyme

A rhyme that is at the end of the sentence

Symbol

A deeper meaning then what is said

Poetic irony

A difference between what is said and what is meant

Imagery

Making an image in your head form the writing

Onomatopoeia

A word that makes a sound

Allusion

In reference to a person event or work outside the writing

Theme

The main idea or subject of the poem

Personification

A inanimate object or animal human characteristics

Oxymoron

Two different words are used for a expression

tone

The attitude or feeling of the author

Cacophony

Harsh sounding words

Euphony

The use of sweet sounding words

Euphemism

changing a less distasteful word for more truthful word

Repetition

what the word is repeated multiple times in a sentence

Consonance

Repetition of similar sounds or word in a poem

Apostrophe

poet calls on something that’s not present or can’t respond

Couplet

A pair of rhyming lines of poetry

quatrain

Set a four lines of rhyming poetry

Stanza

a paragraph of poetry, separated by a space in a poem

Octave

A stanza of eight lines

Sestet

A stanza of six lines

Lyric poem

Expresses opinion about a particular subject

Sonnet

a specific type of lyric poetry ABAB CDCD EFEF GG

Ballad

a narrative poem tell a story as a progresses

Free verse poetry

is a arraanged and written, following no form or rules