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Alliteration
Example
Example:
The
trees swayed
shyly in the
summer
breeze.
Definition

– the repetition of
consonants or
sounds at the
beginning of two or
more words in a
line of poetry
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Example

Example:
"As the cave's roof
collapsed, he was
swallowed up in the
dust like Jonah, and
only his frantic
scrabbling behind a
wall of rock indicated
that there was anyone
still alive.”
The allusion in the sentence
above is to Jonah (from the
Bible) being 'swallowed
alive' ... in this case, behind
a wall of dust and rock.
Allusion
Definition
 an
indirect
reference to
another literary
work or to a
famous person,
place, or event.
Objective: I can identify features of sound patterns and structure in a poem.
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Consonance
 Repetition of
consonants within
non-rhyming words
Consonance
Examples
"pitter patter" or "all
mammals named
Sam are clammy".
Assonance
 repetition of vowel
sounds within nonrhyming words.
Assonance Example
Hear the mellow wedding bells
From the molten-golden notes
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Hyperbole
Example
 He's got tons of
money.
 I will die if she asks
me to dance.
 I'm so hungry I could
eat a horse.
 I have told you a
million times not to
lie.
Definition
-
is a figure of
speech that uses
an exaggerated or
extravagant
statement to
create a strong
emotional
response.
Objective: I can identify features of sound patterns and structure in a poem.
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Imagery
Example
Happiness is orange
definition

It tastes like sweets under the
Christmas tree
It smells like spring flowers on a
green field
It looks like ice-cream with red
cherries and vanilla topping
It sounds like the bird's song at
dusk
It makes me feel like a butterfly
with wide open wings.
to help the reader imagine
exactly what is being
described.

– consists of descriptive
words and phrases that
re-create sensory
experiences.
Imagery usually
appeals to one or more
of the five senses –
sight, hearing, smell,
taste, and touch
Objective: I can identify features of sound patterns and structure in a poem.
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Example


Time is a thief - Time
isn't really stealing
anything, this
metaphor just indicates
that time passes
quickly and our lives
pass us by.
He is the apple of my
eye - There is, of
course, no real apple
in a person's eye. The
"apple" is someone
beloved and held
dear.
Metaphor
Definition
–
a comparison of
two things WITHOUT
using the words
“like” or “as”
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Onomatopoeia –
example
definition
 sound
effects;
words that make
the sound they
represent when
said out loud.
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Personification –
example
a smiling moon
definition
giving human
qualities to an
object, animal, or
idea.
a jovial sun
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Rhyme
example
It was purchased just for you,
when you're happy or you're blue,
you can wear it on your head,
'round the house or in your bed,
definition
–
the occurrence
of a similar or
identical sound at
the end of two or
more words (suite,
heat, complete)
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Rhyme Scheme
definition
example
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;
A
B
A
A
B
the
pattern of
end
rhyme in
a poem
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Rhythm – the BEAT
definition
example
–
the beat created
by the pattern of
sound from
stressed/unstressed
syllables
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Simile
example
definition
 – a comparison of
two things using
the words “like” or
“as.”
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Speaker
definition
the voice of
the poem, not
necessarily the
author
–
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Symbolism
definition
–
when one
thing stands
for or
represents
something
else
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Verse = poetry
example
Roses are red
Violets are blue
Sugar is sweet
And so are you
definition
 – the literary
term for
poetry
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example
Here are two stanzas
of a poem:
Stanza
definition
–
a group of lines
that form a unit in a
poem, roughly
comparable to a
paragraph in prose
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Couplet
example
definition
–
a rhymed pair of
lines
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Quatrain
definition
–
a four line stanza
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Sonnet
definition
–
a lyric poem of 14
lines, consisting of
three quatrains
(four-line units) and
a final couplet
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There are many ways
to know a word.
Connotation = feelings
associated with a word

- the emotions,
values, or images
associated with a
word. The
connotation of a word
may
Apple: It makes
people think of
NEW YORK CITY
It can be a symbol
for health
Sometimes it even
stands for SIN
Denotation =
definition of a word
-
the literal or
dictionary
meaning of a word
Apple: the round fruit of
a tree of the rose family,
which typically has thin
red or green skin and
crisp flesh.
Objective: I can identify features of sound patterns and structure in a poem.
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Objective: I can identify features of sound patterns and structure in a poem.