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Poetry A type of literature in which ideas and feelings are expressed in compact, imaginative, and musical language. Poets arrange words intended to touch readers’ senses, emotions, and minds

Stanza A group of lines within a poem. A stanza is like a paragraph in a work of prose

Tone The attitude a writer takes toward the audience, subject, or a character

Mood The atmosphere or “feeling” that the literary work creates.

Mood Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Raven” ( one of the most famous poets and poems of all time ) has a chilling and creepy mood to it. Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary, Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore, While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping, As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door. "'Tis some visitor," I muttered, "tapping at my chamber door- Only this, and nothing more."

Speaker The voice that “talks” or “sings” to the reader. The speaker can be ANYTHING in poetry. People, dogs, or even rocks.

Imagery Words and phrases that appeal to the readers five senses. Imagery helps readers imagine how things look, feel, smell, sound and taste.

Imagery - The Beatles’ “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds” Picture yourself in a boat on a river With tangerine trees and marmalade skies Somebody calls you, you answer quite slowly A girl with kaleidoscope eyes Cellophane flowers of yellow and green Towering over your head Look for the girl with the sun in her eyes And she's gone

Figurative Language Language not intended to be understood in a strict literal sense. A “Figure of Speech” is a specific type of figurative language. Some examples of some Figurative Language are…

Simile A comparison between two unlike objects using the word “like” or “as” That kid was as fast as lightning! “Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you’re gonna get”

Metaphor A comparison between two unlike objects in which one thing is said to be another. Cause I’m T.N.T, I'm Dynamite, T.N.T., And I'll win the fight, T.N.T., I'm a power-load, T.N.T., Watch me Explode - AC/DC “TNT”

Personification The giving of human qualities to an animal, object, or idea. Dinnertime Chorus The teapot sang as the water boiled, The ice cubes cackled in their glass, the teacups chattered to one another, While the chairs were passing gas, The gravy gurgled merrily As the oil danced in a pan. Oh my dinnertime chorus What a lovely, lovely clan!

Hyperbole The use of EXTREME exaggeration I’ve told you a million times NOT to do that! If I can’t hang out with my friends today I’m gonna die… That place is a million miles away! I’m so hungry I could eat a horse..

Sound Devices Rhyme Alliteration Repletion Onomatopoeia

Rhyme A likeness of sound at the ends of words. - Jack Jonson, “Sitting, waiting, wishing” “I sing ya songs, I dance a dance I gave ya friends, all a chance Putting up with them wasn't worth never having you And maybe you been through this before But it's my first time So please ignore The next few lines cause they're directed at you”

Alliteration The repetition of constant sounds at the beginning of words. Allie almost accidentally ate her aunts apple. Carries cat claws her couch, causing constant chaos.

Onomatopoeia The use of words whose sounds suggest the meaning. Buzz Chirp Clap

Rhyme Rhyme Scheme- The pattern of rhymes in a poem. The “poem” below would have a rhyme scheme of ABAB There once was a big brown cat a That liked to eat a lot of mice. b He got all round and fat a Because they tasted so nice. B

Exact Rhyme Words with sounds that are the same I went to the house, I got my blouse, I went back to the car, And took a drive somewhere far.

Slant Rhyme Words with sounds that are similar but not exactly the same “I want to turn the whole thing upside down I'll find the things they say just can't be found I'll share this love I find with everyone We'll sing and dance to Mother Nature's songs I don't want this feeling to go away” - Jack Johnson, “Upside Down”