Elements of Poetry

Mr. Henrie (United States of America)
This is the vocabulary list for our poetry unit for STEEDS.
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  1. alliteration
    use of the same consonant at the beginning of each word
  2. assonance
    the repetition of similar vowels in successive words
  3. free verse
    poetry that does not rhyme or have a regular meter
  4. narrative
    an account that tells the particulars of an act or event
  5. lyric poem
    a short poem of songlike quality
  6. imagery
    the ability to form mental pictures of things or events
  7. symbolism
    the practice of investing things with arbitrary meaning
  8. onomatopoeia
    using words that imitate the sound they denote
  9. metaphor
    a figure of speech that suggests a non-literal similarity
  10. simile
    a figure of speech expressing a resemblance between things
  11. figurative
    not literal
  12. literal
    limited to the explicit meaning of a word or text
  13. personification
    attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas
  14. point of view
    a mental position from which things are perceived
  15. setting
    the physical position of something
  16. plot
    a small area of ground covered by specific vegetation
  17. climax
    the highest point of anything
  18. resolution
    a decision to do something or to behave in a certain manner
  19. exposition
    a collection of things for public display
  20. protagonist
    the principal character in a work of fiction
  21. antagonist
    someone who offers opposition
  22. theme
    the subject matter of a conversation or discussion
  23. foreshadowing
    the act of providing vague advance indications
  24. irony
    incongruity between what might be expected and what occurs
  25. climax
    the highest point of anything
Created on Mon Sep 16 20:44:36 EDT 2013 (updated Thu Sep 19 09:01:20 EDT 2013)

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