Poetry Terms (7th Grade)

repetition

• conjoined contradictory terms

• the act of doing or performing again

• use of the same consonant at the beginning of each word

• poetry that does not rhyme or have a regular meter

image

• correspondence in the final sounds of two or more lines

• a visual representation produced on a surface

• the subject matter of a conversation or discussion

• a figure of speech expressing a resemblance between things

metaphor

• a figure of speech expressing a resemblance between things

• a figure of speech that suggests a non-literal similarity

• a stanza consisting of two successive lines of verse

• a fixed number of lines of verse forming a unit of a poem

personification

• poetry that does not rhyme or have a regular meter

• attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas

• using words that imitate the sound they denote

• use of the same consonant at the beginning of each word

free verse

• the subject matter of a conversation or discussion

• use of the same consonant at the beginning of each word

• poetry that does not rhyme or have a regular meter

• attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas

rhythm

• a figure of speech expressing a resemblance between things

• correspondence in the final sounds of two or more lines

• an interval during which a recurring sequence occurs

• a fixed number of lines of verse forming a unit of a poem

alliteration

• use of the same consonant at the beginning of each word

• poetry that does not rhyme or have a regular meter

• a figure of speech that suggests a non-literal similarity

• attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas

symbolism

• use of the same consonant at the beginning of each word

• expression whose meaning cannot be inferred from its words

• the practice of investing things with arbitrary meaning

• poetry that does not rhyme or have a regular meter

rhyme

• correspondence in the final sounds of two or more lines

• the subject matter of a conversation or discussion

• expression whose meaning cannot be inferred from its words

• an interval during which a recurring sequence occurs

simile

• a visual representation produced on a surface

• a figure of speech expressing a resemblance between things

• a fixed number of lines of verse forming a unit of a poem

• a figure of speech that suggests a non-literal similarity