Examples of Idioms
Piece of cake
Go the extra mile
Get up on the wrong side of the bed
Pull the wool over your eyes
Idiom
An expression used in a particular language and cannot be taken seriously.
Imagery
Language that appeals to one or more of the 5 senses, sight, hearing, taste, touch, smell. It is also called sensory language.
Mood
Overall feeling
Tone
Writer’s or speaker’s attitude towards the subject or characters. Can often be described in a single adjective.
Diction
Writer’s word choice
Connotations
Emotional associations with the words
Figurative Language
It is imaginative language that isn’t supposed to be taken literally. Also know as figures of speech.
Similie
Uses like or as to compare 2 seemingly different things.
Metaphor
Compares 2 things without using like or as.
Personification
Gives human qualities to something nonhuman
Hyperbole
Exaggerates speech for emphisis.
Drawing conclusions
Arriving at an overall judgement or idea by pulling together several details.
Repetition
Repeating a sound, word, phrase, sentence, or group of lines
Alliteration
The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words
Consonance
The repetition of consonant sounds at the end of the words
Assonance
The repetition of vowel sounds in words
Onomatopoeia
The use of a word that sounds like what it means
Rhyme
The repetition of sounds at the end of words
End Rhyme
Rhyme that occurs at the end of lines of poetry
Internal Rhyme
Rhyme that occurs within a line of poetry
Rhyme Scheme
A regular pattern of end rhymes
Stanza
A group of lines
Rhythm
A pattern of beats
Meter
The rhythm of the poem is a regular pattern
Symbol
An object, a person, an animal or place that represents something beyond its literal meaning
Symbolism
The use of symbols, that can involve a certain object, setting, or image.
Allusion
A reference to a well-known person, place, thing, event, or literary work. It means something more than itself.
Narrative Poetry
Tells a story, using elements such as a plot, characters, and settings.
Lyric Poetry
has a musical quality and expresses the feelings of a speaker
Epic Poem
Long narrative poem that tells about a larger than life hero
Ballad
Song-like narrative poem that deals with adventure and romance. Ballads use rhyme, meter, four-line stanzas, and a refrain
Refrain
A repeated line or group of lines
Ode
A long formal, lyric poem, that often honor people, events, and nature
Free verse
Poetry that doesn’t use a regular meter
Haiku
A Japanese verse that tells about nature. 5-7-5
Limerick
Humorous 5 line poem with a specific meter and rhyme scheme: aabba
Concrete Poem
A poem where the shape of the poem fits the subject
Scan
Used to identify the meter of the poem
Lines and Line breaks
Poetry is organized into lines
Denotation
The literal or primary meaning of a word