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| The harmonious effect when the sounds of the words connect with the meaning pleasing to the ear and mind. |
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| An expression or comparisons that relies not on its literal meaning, but rather on its connotations and suggestions. |
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| Poetry that organizes its lines without meter |
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| Japanese verse form that has 3 unrhymed lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. |
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| Traditional narrative of anonymous authorship that arises out of a culture's oral tradition. |
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| Collective set of images in a poem or other literary work. |
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| A statement that one thing is something else, when its not. |
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| Literary device in which discrepancy of meaning is masked beneath the surface of the image. |
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| A recurrent, regular, rhythmic pattern in verse. |
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| Figure of speech in which the name of a thing is substituted for another closely associated with it. |
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| Short poem expressing the thoughts and feelings of a single speaker. |
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| A poem that tells a story. |
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| Literary device that attempts to represent a thing or action by the word that imitates the sound associated with it. |
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| A statement that at first strikes one as self-contradictory, but that on reflection reveals some deeper sense. |
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| Restatement in one's own words or what we understand a literary work to say. |
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| Figure of speech that makes a thing, animal, or abstract term endowed with human characteristics. |
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Stanza consisting of 4 lines.
Most common type of poem. |
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A word, phrase, line or stanza repeated at intervals in a poem.
Ie: repeating a chorus |
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| A conspicuously better form of irony in which the ironic statement is designed to hurt or mock its target |
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| Poetry that blends criticism with humor to convey a message |
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| A narrative in verse or prose in which the literal events (person, places, things) consistently point to a parallel sequence of symbolic ideas. |
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| The repetition of two or more consonant sounds in successive words in a line of verse or prose. |
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| A brief reference in a text to a person, place or thing- fictitious or actual |
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| A direct address to someone or something |
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| A recurring symbol, character, landscape, or event found in myth and literature across different culture and eras. |
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| The repetition of two or more vowel sounds in successive words, which creates a kind of rhyme. |
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| A song that tells a story. |
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Unrhymed poetry
5 iambic feet per line |
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| A harsh, discordant sound often mirroring the meaning of the context in which its used. |
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| A pause within a line of verse |
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| An association or additional meaning that a word, image or phrase may carry apart from its literal dictionary definition |
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(slant rhyme)
A kind of rhyme in which the linked words share similar consonant sounds, but different vowel sounds
(ie: mink and monk; reason and raisin) |
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| The literal, dictionary definition of a word |
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| Word choice of vocabulary |
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Poetry intended to teach a moral lesson or impact a body of knowledge
(Education over art) |
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| A special kind of suspenseful expectation, when the reader understand the implication and meaning of a situation and foresees the disaster or triumph |
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| A poem written as a speech made by a character at some decisive moment. |
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| Person, place or thing in a narrative that suggests meaning beyond its literal sense |
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Recurring pattern of 2 or more lines of verse.
Basic organization principal |
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--> Overstatement
Exaggeration used to emphasize a point |
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Fixed form of 14 lines written in iambic pentameter
A song |
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| An ironic figure of speech that deliberately describes something in a way that is less than the true case |
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| An emphasis or accent placed on a syllable in speech |
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| A comparision of 2 things using like, as than, or a verb such as resembles |
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A brief condensation of the main idea or story of a literary work
Similar to a paraphrase, but less detailed |
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| The use of a significant part of a thing to stand for the whole of it or vice versa |
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| Attitude towards a subject conveyed in a literary work |
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