Literary terms.

Giving human characteristics to an animal, object, or abstract concept.

2 line stanza which may or may not rhyme.

The highest point of tension or drama in a narrative plot.

A group of lines in a poem.

An implied comparison in which the figurative word is substitute for original term.

Poetry that is not in a fixed form also called open form.

A 14 line poem that has traditionally followed specific rules of rhyme and meter.

A story.

Rhyme that comes within one or several lines.

The recurrence of rhythmic stresses or accounts in a rectangular pattern.

A figure of speech using exaggeration or oversimplified for special effects.

A statement that contradicts itself that must be both true and false at the same time.

A stop or pause in a metrical line, often marked by punctuation.

The very end of a story.

Another word for main character.

The villain of the story.

Comparison not using like or as.

What is poetry?

A struggle between two opposing forces or characters.

The repetition of close intervals of consonant sounds found within or at the end of words.

The denoutnent, the conclusion of the story's plot.

The use of humor, irony, sarcasm, or ridicule to criticize something or someone.

A four line stanza.

Poetry that is categorized by its pattern of lines, meter, rhymes, and stanzas.

The continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of the line.

Words that are literally inaccurate but are used to describe or define something.

Non verse writing.

Another name for poetry.

Rhyme that comes at the end of lines.

The central or unifying idea that is developed in a work.

A reference to a person place thing event or idea in history or literature used to suggest an emotion or idea.

The repitition of initial consonant sounds.

When there are two contradictory meanings of the same situation.

In the first paragraph or paragraphs in which the characters setting and basic information is introduced.

A figure of speech in which a person or thing stands for some other idea/abstract concept.

A short poem that expresses the personal emotions and thoughts of a first person narrator and is characterized.

The expressions of the authors attitude toward the subject matter.

The authors manner of expression.

The repetition at close intervals of vowel sounds.

A character who contrasts with the protagonist.

The sequence of events that make up a story.

Use of a word that resembles the sound it denotes.

A symbolic image or idea that appears frequently in a story.

The place and time in which a story takes place.

The use of images, often figurative ones.

A comparison using like or as.