English Poetry terms & Cremation of Sam McGee

Jan 15/ Thu

Couplet

Two lines of poetry that rhyme and usually have the same rhythm.

Meter

The beat or rhythm of the words in a word.

Alliteration

The same sound or letter at the beginning to attract readers.

Onomatopoeia

Imitative Harmony; words that sound like the noises they describe.

Poem

A short or special stories made of words that uses rhythm and rhyme.

Simile

A comparison using like “As” or “Like” to make comparison and figurative languages.

Personification

When authors make non-living things act like human by giving them characteristics.

Stanza

Group of lines (two-more) stuck together as a team like a paragraph.

Narrative

A type of poem that tells a story.

Metaphor

Directly compares two unlike things

Hyperbole

A literary device using extreme exaggeration to create emphasis, make a powerful impression.

Rhyme

The repetition of syllables at the end of a verse line.

Imagery

Using words to make a picture in your mind by describing five senses.

Ballad

A long poem that tells a story, usually a folk tale or legend, in rhyme often, set to music.

Repetition

The deliberate reuse of words, phrases, lines, stanzas to create rhythm, structure, and emphasis.