Vocab Poetry

Diction

impact of specific word choices.

syntax

impact of the order of words.

figurative langauge

cannot be taken literally. Ex. metaphor, simile, or personification.

Metaphor

compares things that are unalike.

simile

compares things unalike using like or as.

personification

gives inanimate objects, ideas, or animals human characteristics

structure

choices impacting poems shape or form. EX. Haiku or sonnet

stanza

grouping of lines in a poem

line breaks

poetic device used at the end of a line and at the beginning of the next line without using traditional punctuation.

enjambment

to step over or put legs across meaning moving from one line to another without a terminating punctuation mark.

caesura

a break in the flow of sound, usually in the middle of a line.

repetition

a repeated word, line, or group of lines

music

choices related to sound

rhyme

likeness of sound between two words.

alliteration

repetition of the initial letter or sound.

assonance

repetition of vowel sounds

consonance

two words have the same consonant sound following different vowel sounds. EX. same and home.

Anaphora

repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of each line

onomatapoeia

use of a word to imitate natural sounds EX. buzz or splat

Imagery

the representation of language through sense experience; sight, sound, smell, touch, and taste.

Juxtaposition

contrasting elements side by side to highlight differences or make emotional or thematic impact.

tone

authors attitude toward subject, speaker, or audience.

irony

contrast between expectation and reality.