Alliteration - stylistic device where consecutive words/words that occur close together in a series all began with the same first consonant letter or sound

Cacophonous - Involving or producing a harsh, discordant mixture of sounds (p, b, t, g, k, ch- sh, etc.)

Connotation - the emotion or feelings that the word invokes

Denotation  - the literal or primary meaning of a word

Diction - A speaker’s/author’s word choice, typically divided into two components: vocabulary and syntax. (vocabulary - degree of difficulty/ complexity/ abstractness/ formality/ origin of words)

Euphonious - involving sounds that are soothing or pleasant to the ear. It is the opposite of cacophony

Extended Metaphor - A metaphor developed over several lines or throughout an entire poem.

Free Verse - poetry without a fixed pattern of meter and rhyme. It can be on any topic.

Iambic Pentameter - Iambic pentameter (five-measure) is a line of five iambic feet. The line has a total of ten syllables repeating the pattern of “unstressed, stressed” five times

Imagery - ___________

Line - A line is a unit of writing into which a poem or play is divided: literally, a single row of text. 

Metaphor - the distinct comparison where one thing or idea substitutes for another. Uses  “A Verb Like Be” (is, am, are, was, were, will be, being, been, could, should, would, has, have, having, had, may, might, must)

Meter - a literary device that creates a measured beat in a work of poetry. It is established by patterns of stressed and unstressed syllables.

Onomatopoeia - A word which imitates the natural sound of a thing

Personification -  a figure of speech in which an idea or thing is given human attributes and/or feelings or is spoken of as if it were human

Poetry - literary work in which special intensity is given to the expression of feelings and ideas by the use of distinctive style and rhythm

Repetition - Repeating words, phrases, lines, or stanzas, used to emphasize a feeling or idea, create rhythm and/ or develop a sense of urgency

Rhyme  - Repetition of similar sounds in two or more words (especially common at the ends of words), pleasing to the ear and also lends a sense of rhythm and order to the language

Rhythm - In poetry, the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables.

Simile - A simile is a figure of speech that directly compares two things using “like” or “as”

Sonnet - fourteen line poems that are typically about love and romance

Stanza - a stanza is a group of lines within a poem, usually set off from others by a blank line or indentation.

Syntax  - Refers to the arrangement — the ordering, grouping, and placement of words within a sentence.

Tone -  the attitude of the author toward the reader or the subject matter of a literary work.

Theme -  refers to a message about life or human nature implicitly conveyed through a text (NOT a single word)

Voice  -  the person behind the words that speaks out to the audience