blank verse        unrhymed iambic pentameter

couplet        Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme

free verse        Poetry that does not have a regular meter or rhyme scheme

ejambment        A line of poetry that continues its sentence into the next line without a break.

foot        A metrical unit composed of stressed and unstressed syllables.

quatrain        A four line stanza

stanza        A group of lines in a poem

end stopped        a line with a pause at the end

iambic pentameter        a poetic meter that is made up of 5 stressed syllables each followed by an unstressed syllable

meter        A regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry

repitition        Repeating a word, phrase, or idea for emphasis or rhythmic effect

assonance        Repetition of vowel sounds

consonance        Repetition of consonant sounds

alliteration        the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.

denotation        the literal meaning of a word

connotation        an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning.

sonnet        a verse form consisting of 14 lines with a fixed rhyme scheme

diction        word choice

syntax        Sentence structure

tone        Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character

Shakespearean sonnet        a sonnet consisting three quatrains and a concluding couplet in iambic pentameter with the rhyme pattern abab cdcd efef gg

apostrophe        address to an absent or imaginary person

personification        A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes

admonition        gentle warning; friendly reproof

omniscience        all-knowing