1. Poetic devices and terms
Poetry in action

2. alliteration Example Sally sells sea shells down by the sea shore.
The “s” sound and the “sh” sound are repeated.
Definition
Repetition of an initial consonant sound

3. Assonance
Example
And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side Of my darling, my darling, my life and my bride.
Definition
Similar sounding vowel sounds in nearby words

4. Connotation
Example
The word chicken has many connotations in our society: one of them is being a coward.
Definition
The images, associations, ideas, and feelings that we as a culture have given to a word.

5. Diction
Example
If the author feels positively about a topic, he/she will use words that have a positive feel to them. The author chooses his/her words to create the tone and mood.
Definition
The author’s word choice
Determines tone and mood

6. End rhyme
Example
Whose woods these are I think I know, His house is in the village, though; He will not see me stopping here To watch his woods fill up with snow.
Definition
When the words at the end of the lines sound the same/rhyme

7. Figurative language Example
Personification is one aspect of figurative language. We don’t really think that clocks have hands to do things with.
Definition
Language that is not meant to be taken literally. It is used to make a point.

8. hyperbole
Example
This PowerPoint is the best PowerPoint in the whole wide world!
Definition
Extreme exaggeration

9. Imagery
Example
The sun shone with a light the color of blazing butter and warmed the earth like a fuzzy blanket.
Definition
Writing that appeals to the senses

10. A comparison that does not use like or as. One thing is another.
Definition
A comparison that does not use like or as. One thing is another.
Example
Ms. Brang is a clown!
Metaphor

11. The way the reader feels as he/she reads a work Example
Definition
The way the reader feels as he/she reads a work
Example
It was a dark and stormy night when the escaped murderer stealthily entered the unlocked back door….
Mood

12. Word that imitates the sound of the word it represents Examples
Definition
Word that imitates the sound of the word it represents
Examples
Boom, Bam, Zoom, Screech
Onomatopoeia

13. Figure of speech that seems to contradict each other Examples
Definition
Figure of speech that seems to contradict each other
Examples
Jumbo shrimp
Wicked nice
Biggie Smalls
oxymoron

14. Giving human qualities to inanimate objects Example
Definition
Giving human qualities to inanimate objects
Example
The flowers danced in the wind.
Personification

15. Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history. ~Plato
Definition
a form of literature in which language is used for its aesthetic and powerful qualities
Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history.  ~Plato
Poetry

16. Definition
Like the chorus of a song, it is a chunk of the poem that is repeated. Usually either a stanza, a few lines, or a line
Example
The proper way to use refrain?
Say it once and then again.
Sometimes a poet repeats an expression.
In order to make a lasting impression
Refrain

17. Is the pattern of rhyme in a poem
Shakespearean sonnets have the following rhyme scheme
Abab
Cdcd
Efef Gg
The last word of the first and second lines will rhyme-end rhyme!
Rhyme scheme

18. The musical quality , the beat, the flow, the feel of a poem, also known as the measure, created through rhyme, repetition, refrain, and syllables
Just like some songs are fast and some are slow, poems have various rhythms.
rhythm

19. A comparison of two unlike things that uses like or as
Definition
A comparison of two unlike things that uses like or as
Example
The haughty girl’s tone of voice was cold as the icicles hanging from the snow covered roof top.
Simile

20. Definition
The perspective from which a poem is told. The speaker and the author are not necessarily the same…in fact they are usually different.
Example If you are teenage girl but you want to write a poem from the point of view or perspective of the president of the United States, you can! You just create a speaker for the poem.
speaker

21. Quatrain Tercet Couplet
A group of lines in a poem
Quatrain
May had a little quatrain
Poetic lines of four
She shared it with her poet friends
Who all cried out for more.
Tercet
Stanzas come in three lines
The verses may stand alone
Like haiku (bless you!)
Couplet
A pair of lines
That typically rhyme
Shakespearean sonnets are broken down into three quatrains and a couplet.
stanza

22. Definition
When something stands for something else
Example
The symbols of America are the flag, the eagle, and the Statue of Liberty.
Symbol

23. One of the themes of Romeo and Juliet is the lure of forbidden fruit.
Definition
The central message of a story that transcends time, culture, people, space. The message is usually expressed in a sentence.
Example
One of the themes of Romeo and Juliet is the lure of forbidden fruit.
Theme

24. The author’s tone is communicated through his or her diction.
Definition
The author’s attitude towards the subject, the overall feel of the work
Example
The author’s tone is communicated through his or her diction.
Tone