Poetry A type of literature that creates an emotional response. Poets select and arrange specific language for its meaning, sound, and rhythm. Verse: Another What is poetry? word for poetry! Stanza: A grouping of lines in a poem (like a paragraph). Often each stanza is the same length and follows the same pattern of meter or rhyme. Line Break: Where a line in the poem is broken and a new line begins. FRENCH go beyond Enjambment: Ending a line of poetry without completing a statement. End stopped: line Ending a line with a complete sentence. Refrain: A repeated phrase, line, or group of lines. Simile: When two things are compared using “like” or “as” sun Write a simile on your notes using the sun. metaphor: A direct comparison of two things; stating that one thing is the other. Write a metaphor on your notes using a rock. Rock Smile Write a personification on your notes using “smile.” Personification: Giving human characteristics to nonhuman objects. Hyperbole: An exaggeration this is used for emphasis. Camera Write a hyperbole on your notes using either Picture camera or picture. Idiom: An expression that cannot be interpreted literally. Write an idiom Dog on your notes using “dog” or Barking “barking.” Repetition Onomatopoeia Rhythm The recurring The use of use of a words to A regular sound, word, pattern of phrase, or imitate the line to create stressed and sound mood or associated unstressed emphasize an with objects syllables. important idea. or actions. 1 2 3 4 Alliteration When 2 or more words in a row or close together start with the same consonant sound. Pick a letter to write a 6 word line containing alliteration. Assonance Repetition of vowel sounds. Consonance Repetition of consonant sounds anywhere within words, not just the beginning. Rhyme Rhyme Scheme The repetition of final A repeated pattern of sounds in two or end rhymes; usually more words. marked with letters of the alphabet (ABAB). End Rhyme Rhyming words at the ends of two or more lines of poetry. Internal Rhyme When rhyming words occur in the same line of poetry. Couplet Two lines of verse the same length that usually rhyme. Each line has 6 words, and the end words rhyme..