English

Personification

Giving something thats not human a human trait.
Hyperbole

An extreme exageration.
Simile

A comparison of two apparently unlike things using, like, as, then, or ressembles.
Metaphore

A description of one thing as if it were another.
Speaker

Person that is saying/telling the poem.
Connotation

Meaning beyond the literal meaning.
Rhyme

Words that have the same vowel sound in the middle. (cat, bat, hat)
Rhythm

Pattern flow of beats. (the syllables)
Stanza

A group of lines together. (in prose it's a paragraph)
Line

A "sentence" in poems.
Prose

Writing that is not poetry.
Verse

Words written in lines and grouped in stanzas. Has a rhyme and rhyming pattern.
Theme

Main thing in a peom.
Denotation

Literal meaning.

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Card Set

English

Description

Poem Cards

Updated

2010-10-28T02:32:07Z

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