{English Final Revision}
{Types Of Poems}
Acrostic: First letter of each line spells a word
Ballad: About a story {major event}
Cinquain: Five line, last line has 2 syllables
Haiku: 3 line poem,17 syllables. 1st and last lines
have 5, middle has 7
Limerick: Humorous five-line, AABBA rythme
scheme
Ode: Emotional lyrical poem {person/place}
Sonnet: 14-line, love, shakespear
Pastoral: Country side
{Poetic Devices}
Alliteration: The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning
of words or syllables.
Assonance: The repetition of vowel sounds within words
Metaphor: A figure of speech that compares two things that are
not alike to make a deeper meaning.
Simile: A figure of speech that compares two things using the
Personification: A figure of speech that gives human qualities to
non-human things or ideas
Hyperbole: An exaggerated statement for emphasis or effect.
Imagery: The use of vivid language to create a sensory
experience for the reader
Symbolism: The use of an object, person, or event to represent
something else.
Personification: Giving non-human things human qualities
Repetition: repeating words/phrases/lines
Similie: Copmarison using like/as
Idiom: The actually meaning is different then what is said
Onopatopia: Giving sounds to words