<p> PSSA Word of the Day Poetry Vocabulary</p><p>26. poem – a piece of writing, often in rhyme, in which words are chosen for their sound and</p><p> beauty as well as meaning.</p><p>27. narrative poems – these poems tell stories about real or fictional events</p><p>28. free verse – these poems do not rhyme or follow a paterm; therefore, thay are the easiest </p><p> to write</p><p>29. haiku – a Japanese poem composed of 3 unrhymed lines of five, seven, and five </p><p> syllables. They are usually about something nature.</p><p>30. limericks – five-line poems in which the first, second, and fifth lines rhyme and have </p><p> three beats to the rhythm. The third and fourth lines also rhyme with two beats each.</p><p>31. lyric poems – this type of poetry began in ancient Greece. It was accompanied by a </p><p>(lyre, which is a stringed instrument related to the harp) These poems are like songs and </p><p> have a musical quality.</p><p>32. sonnet – a lyric poem that is 14 lines long</p><p>33. rhyme – agreement in the final sounds of two or more words, syllables, or final lines of </p><p> verse</p><p>34. rhythm – a written or spoken or musical pattern with a series of regular accented beats</p><p>35. meter – the arrangement of a line of poetry by the number of syllables and the rhythm of </p><p> accented (or stressed) syllables</p><p>36. ballad – a poem that tells a story similar to a folktale or legend and often has a repeated </p><p> refrain – (repeated verse)</p><p>37. epic – a long serious poem that tells the story of a heroic figure 38. stanza – two or more lines of poetry that together form one of the division of a poems. </p><p>They are usually the same length and follow the same pattern</p><p>39. alliteration – the repetition of the same or similar sounds at the begin of words.</p><p>Example: She sells seashells by the sea shore.</p><p>40. dialogue – the talking between characters in a story</p><p>41. mood – the feeling a reader gets from the story: happy, sad, peaceful</p><p>42. narrator – the person or character who is telling the story</p><p>43. antagonist – the villain, the person or thing fighting against the hero of the story</p><p>Example: Joker is Batman’s antagonist.</p><p>44. protagonist – the hero of the story</p><p>45. tragedy – a story about a hero or heroine who is destroyed by a personal weakness or </p><p> flaw: envy, jealousy, greed, etc.</p><p>46. plot line – shows the action as it happens, in a story through a diagram</p><p>3 2 4 1 5 6 </p><p>1. Introduction 2. Events and Conflicts 3. Turning Point</p><p>4. Turning Point 5. Falling Action 6. Conclusion</p><p>47. introduction – this is the part of the story where we meet the characters and begin to </p><p> picture the setting</p><p>48. conflict – the problems the character must solve</p><p>49. events – the twists and turns and things happening in the story</p><p>50. turning point – this part of the plot is how the conflict is solved 51. resolution – the solution to the problem</p><p>52. falling action – when the problems are solved and the story is getting ready to end</p><p>53. conclusion – the ending of the story</p>