poetry

5. the musical quality produced by the repetition of stressed and unstressed syllables.
7. the voice that talks to the reader.
8. a comparison between two unlike things using like or as.
9. gives human traits to something that is non-human. (The word person in personification can help you remember what this word means.)
14. the repetition of consonant sounds either within or at the ends of words, as in the phrase wide muddy field.
16. when the rhythm is regular and repeats throughout the poem; arranged words that form patterns of stressed and unstressed syllables.
17. the repetition of vowel sounds in words, such as in stone and slow.
18. sometimes called hyperbole, is an overstatement used to emphasize a point or create humor.
20. The place where a line ends.

1. are groups of lines.
2. the repetition of sounds at the end of words
3. language that helps a reader recreate, in his or her own mind, what the writer is describing. (Sensory details—smell, touch, sight, hearing, and taste.)
4. the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words.
6. poetry follow rules for lines, stanzas, rhythm, and rhyme.
10. verse contain irregular or sporadic patterns of rhythm and rhyme. This often sounds like everyday speech.
11. pattern of rhyme that repeats across the different stanzas.
12. a type of literature in which words are chosen and arranged in specific ways to create an effect. (Some poems tell stories, while others express emotions or paint pictures in words.)
13. refers to the way a poem is laid out on the page. This includes the poem’s lines, line breaks, stanzas, rhythm, and rhyme.
15. the use of words whose sounds echo their meanings.
19. a comparison between two unlike things without using like or as.