Deck 1 Flashcards
(26 cards)
A poem is…
When a Poet chooses/arranges words to create a story with a strong feeling through meaning, sound, and rhythm
A line is…
Rows of words that don’t always follow the rules
A stanza is…
Groups of lines set apart by spaces that fits the overall structure of a poem, they may break lines and stanzas in unusual places to get the reader’s attention or to create a certain effect
A rhyme is…
Words with the same ending sound
Ex the beige cage has a bad wage
A rhyme scheme is…
A B A B
Rhythm
A “beat” or pattern of stressed or unstressed syllables in a line of poetry
A meter is…
A recurring patern
Repetition is…
The repeating of words or lines in poetry that help unify a poem (help reinforce the meaning or theme)
Alliteration is…
The repetition of an initial consonant sound
EX; Baby Boy Blue
A simile is…
A comparison that uses like or as
EX; Bob is like a bear, he always seems to be sleeping
A metaphor is…
A comparison that does not use like or as
Ex; bob is a bear
Symbolism is…
A reference to another work
EX; the chair had about the same effectiveness as baby bear’s chair had for Goldilocks
Personification is…
Assigning human like qualities to nonliving things
EX; the sun gifted me its rays, the sun cannot actually give you its sunlight
Allusion is…
A reference to another work
EX; the chair had about the same effectiveness as baby bear’s chair had for Goldilocks
Point of view is…
The position or outlook from which the speaker tells a story or observes something
A speaker is…
The narrator of the story, that is the voice of the poem which may be the voice of the poet or that of another person or character
A theme is…
The central idea of the poem
A tone is…
The mood the poem creates, this may be playful, angry, melancholy, and can change as the speaker’s reflection on topic moves in a different direction
A lyric poem is…
A short song like poem
An ode is…
A poem with two or more stanzas
A haiku is…
A very short poem with three lines, commonly about nature
A sonnet is…
A poem with fourteen lines the first eight lines develop an idea, then the last six lines question that idea
A ballad is…
A poem with stanzas of two to four lines and a refrain that repeats, tells a story
A free verse is…
A poem that does not follow any rules of rhythm or rhyme
