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1. Alliteration:– Repetition of initial consonant

sounds– Example: Sister Suzy sat on

the seashore until suddenly she was swallowed by a shark.

2. Allusion:– A reference to a well-known

person, place, event, literary work, or work of art

3. Ballad:– A song-like poem that tells a

story4.Blank Verse:

– Poetry written in unrhymed, iambic pentameter.

5.Concrete Poem:– A poem with a shape that

suggests its subject– Example: George Herbert’s

Easter Wings and The Alter

6. Figurative Language:– Writing that is not meant to be

taken literally– Example: He made me so mad

I wanted to die.7. Free Verse:

– Poetry not written in a regular rhythmical pattern or meter

8. Image:– A word or phrase that appeals to

one or more of the five senses

9. Lyric Poem:– Highly musical verse that expresses

the observations and feelings of a single speaker

10.Metaphor:– A figure of speech in which

something is described as though it were something else

– Example: He is such a pig when he eats!

11. Mood:– The feeling created in the reader by

a literary work

12. Onomatopoeia:– The use of words that imitate sounds– Example: The buzz of the bee was

very loud.

13.Personification:– A type of figurative language in

which a non-human subject is given human characteristics

– Example: The tree waved excitedly in the wind.

14. Repetition:– The use, more than once, of any

element of language

15. Rhyme:– Repetition of sounds at the end of

words– Example: Roses are red, violets are

blue…..

16. Rhyme Scheme:– A regular pattern of rhyming

words in a poem

17. Rhythm:– Pattern of beats or stresses

in spoken or written language18. Simile:

– A figure of speech that uses like or as to make a direct comparison between two unlike ideas

19. Stanza:– A formal division of lines in a

poem considered as a unit

My love is like a red rose.

20. Motif – Main or reoccurring theme.

21. Extended Metaphor – a comparison developed over several lines of poetry.

22. Pun – Humor from a double meaning

23. Confessional poetry – confession of an activity or an emotion.

24. Elegy – Pays tribute to a person (usually dead)

25. Imagist poetry – uses lots of images to paint a

picture for the reader.

Humor

• Humor in poetry can arise from a number of sources:

–Surprise–Exaggeration–Bringing together of unrelated things

• Most funny poems have two things in common:

–Rhythm–Rhyme

Rhythm & Rhyme• Using more spirited language makes

humorous situations even more humorous

“The Porcupine”By Ogden Nash

Any hound a porcupine nudgesCan’t be blamed for harboring grudges.

I know one hound that laughed all winter

At a porcupine that sat on a splinter.

If you take away the rhythm and rhyme, the humor vanishes.

Any hound that touches a porcupineCan’t be blamed for holding a grudge

I know one hound that laughed all winter long

At a porcupine that sat on a piece of wood

Limericks

• A limerick is a poem of five lines• The first, second, and fifth lines

have three rhythmic beats and rhyme with one another.

• The third and fourth lines have two beats and rhyme with one another.

• They are always light-hearted, humorous poems.

Limericks

There once was a man with no hair.

He gave everyone quite a scare.He got some Rogaine,

Grew out a mane,And now he resembles a bear!

Limerick About a Bee

I wish that my room had a floor,

I don’t care so much for a door.

But this walking aroundWithout touching the groundIs getting to be quite a bore.

Another Limerick

There once was a very small mouseWho lived in a very small house,

The ocean’s sprayWashed it away,

All that was left was her blouse!

You will create a limerick similar to this one…

There once was a man from Beijing.All his life he hoped to be King.

So he put on a crown,Which quickly fell down.

That small silly man from Beijing.

Fill in the blanks and create your own Limerick.

There once was a _____ from _____.All the while she/he hoped ________.

So she/he ____________________,And ________________________,

That _________ from ___________.

The Class Limerick

There once was a _____ from _____.All the while she/he hoped ________.

So she/he ____________________,And ________________________,

That _________ from ___________.