1. Narrative Poetry—poetry that
tells a story
2. Lyric Poetry—poetry that is
written in highly musical
language that expresses the
thoughts, observations, and
feelings of a single speaker
3. Tanka—a verse form poem with five
unrhymed lines of five, seven, five,
seven, and seven syllables. Conveys a
single, vivid emotion
4. Haiku—a verse form poem with
three unrhymed lines of five, seven,
and five syllables.
5. Villanelle—a nineteen-line lyric
poem written in five, three-line stanzas
and ending in a four-line stanza
6. Stanza- a repeated grouping of two
or more lines that often share a
pattern of rhythm and rhyme
7. Couplet- two, grouped lines of
poetry
8. Tercet- three, grouped lines of
poetry
9. Quatrain- four, grouped lines of
poetry
10. Sonnet—a lyric poem consisting
of fourteen lines. Divided into
three four-line units called
quatrains and ending with two
rhymed lines known as a couplet.
The typical rhyme scheme is ( a b
abcdcdefefgg)
11. Meter—a poem’s rhythmical pattern.
Determined by # and arrangements of
stressed syllables, or beats, in each line
12. Rhythm- the pattern of beats, or
stresses, in spoken or written
language
13. Figurative Language- writing or
speech not meant to be interpreted
literally
14. Personification—giving human
qualities to an animal, object, or
idea (The waves danced.)
15. Simile—a comparison of unlike
things using the word like or as (as
slow as a snail)
16. Metaphor—compares two things
without using the words “like” or
“as” (The teacher is a drill
sergeant.)
17. Speaker-the imaginary voice assumed
by the writer of a poem (Example:
person, animal, thing, abstraction)
18. Rhyme—the repetition of the
same sound at the ends of words
(Example: peek and creak)
19. Rhyme Scheme—The pattern of
end rhyme in a poem (Assign
letters to each end rhyme)
20. Imagery—figurative language
that appeals to the reader’s sense of
sight, hearing, touch, smell, and
taste
21. Alliteration—the repetition of
consonant sounds at the beginnings
of words (Black gloves, a broad
black hat.)
22. Assonance—the repetition of
vowel sounds in stressed syllables
containing dissimilar consonant
sounds
(Ah, but a man’s reach should exceed
his grasp)
23. Onomatopoeia—the use of
words that imitate sounds (i.e.
buzz, crash, hiss, roar)
24. Consonance—the repetition
of final consonant sounds in
stressed syllables with different
vowel sounds (i.e. hat and sit)
25. Form—refers to the shape of
a poem, the way the words and
lines are arranged on the page
26. Eye Rhyme/Slant Rhyme—
Words that appear to rhyme, but
really don’t
(i.e. great, treat) These words are
still assigned the same rhyme
scheme letter.