Gr 8/9 Poetry Terms

Two or more phrases or words with the same grammatical form

When two lines rhyme, often at the end of a stanza

choice of words

The birds were like shrieking ghosts in the cold winter air.

I can hear a beautiful tropical beach calling my name.

The big idea about human experience in literature

Ugly, discordant sounds

Pause in the middle of a line of poetry

Run-on line of poetry

A row of words in a poem

How many stanzas is the poem "The Eagle”?

Hamburger is the best food in the whole world.

a group of lines in a poem

On entering the classroom, the students were buzzing around their desks.

Comparison of unlike things withOUT a word of comparison

The lake was a black mirror reflecting the dark sky.

A person who writes poetry

Beautiful, harmonious sounds

Comparison of two unlike things using a word of comparison

Implied comparison of two unlike things that is long (paragraph, page)

A person who writes fiction or non fiction

repetition of consonant sounds in the middle or end of words

Imagery that appeals to the sense of smell

Feeling or atmosphere that a text gives the reader

Two contradictory words side by side (like cruel kindness)

Imagery that appeals to the sense of touch

Imagery that appeals to the sense of taste

Two ideas placed together for comparison or contrast

Whose woods these are, I think I know / His house is in the village though

repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words

In Great Expectations, loyalty is more important than money and social advancement

Imagery that appeals to the sense of movement

A monologue is a long, sometimes boring speech by at least one person.

Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary

Rhyme inside the line of poetry

Seemingly contradictory statement that is true

Repetition of a phrase at the beginning of successive sentences

repetition of vowel sounds

When the implied meaning differs from the literal meaning

The drive into the city was as pleasant as surgery.

voice that talks to the reader in a poem

Giving human traits to non-human things.

In a poem, sometimes the poet and the speaker are the same, and sometimes they are different

Writer's attitude towards the subject (ironic or lighthearted) through diction, syntax, formality.