1. POETRY
FINAL EXAM

2. A highly musical poem that expresses the thoughts and feelings of a single speaker
LYRIC

3. A poem that is shaped like the subject of the poem
A poem that is shaped like the subject of the poem. The lines of the poem are placed on the page to create a visual representation of the subject of the poem.
CONCRETE

4. Traditional Japanese poem with 3 lines; usually about nature
HAIKU

5. A poem that tells a story with the same elements of both a poem and a story (characters, setting, plot, conflict, climax, etc.)
NARRATIVE

6. FREE VERSE
A poem that has no regular line length or pattern. It lacks rhyme or rhythm. It does not have specific stanzas.

7. LIMERICK
A humorous 5 lined poem with the specific rhyme scheme of AABBA.
It also has a specific meter pattern.

8. The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginnings of words.
ALLITERATION

9. A word that imitates the sound that the word represents
ONOMATOPOEIA

10. The repetition of sounds at the ends of words
RHYME

11. The pattern of rhymes at the end of each line of a poem
The pattern of rhymes at the end of each line of a poem. It is usually referred to by using letters to indicate which lines rhyme; lines designated with the same letter all rhyme with each other.
RHYME SCHEME

12. A comparison of two unlike nouns using the word like or as
SIMILE

13. METAPHOR
A comparison of two unlike nouns stating that one thing IS something else

14. Giving human qualities to something that is not human
PERSONIFICATION

15. METER
The measured arrangements of words in poetry based on the stressed and unstressed number of syllables

16. A group of lines in a poem
(like a paragraph in writing)
STANZA

17. An exaggeration for effect
HYPERBOLE

18. The repetition of vowels sounds in the middle of words
ASSONANCE

19. The use of language to create ideas that appeal to our 5 senses
IMAGERY

20. the narrative voice of a poem that speaks of his or her situation or feelings.
Remember that in poetry, the speaker is NOT the same as the author of the poem.
SPEAKER

21. An object that represents something else
SYMBOL

22. The message about life the author is giving the reader