EII Poetry Vocabulary Words

Descriptive language which appeals to one or more of the 5 senses

Move or change that is often indicated by the change of stanza or words such as but/however

Figure of speech using like or as to compare two unlike things

Indirect reference to a well-known person, character, place, event, concept, or literary work

Writer's choice of words

Word or phrase that imitates or suggests the sound of which it describes

Emotional quality of a literary work; how it makes the reader feel

Metaphor used throughout a paragraph, a stanza, or an entire work

A pattern of rhyme in a stanza or poem

Figure of speech which an animal, force of nature, idea, inanimate object has human qualities

Free Verse

Group of lines forming a unit in poetry, separated by a space

Two consecutive, often rhymed, lines of poetry that work together as a unit

Repetition of beginning sound in nearby words

what is pun?

Anything which represents something else, usually something abstract

Juxtaposition is

Figure of speech that uses exaggeration to make a point, to express an emotion, or evoke humor

Figure of speech directly comparing two unlike things without using like or as

A rhyme that occurs at the end of lines of poetry

Author's attitude towards the subject

The voice speaking in the poem