Poetry Terms 2023

repetition of a sound or letter at the beginning of neighboring words.

• Alliteration
• Assounance
• Denotation
• Connotation

repetition of identical or similar vowel sounds in neighboring words that DO NOT RHYME.

• Oxymoron
• Assonance
• Rhyme
• Connsonance

ideas and feelings associated with a word, as opposed to its dictionary definition

• Denotation
• Alliteration
• Connotation
• Allusion

the repetition of consonant sounds (every sound besides vowel sounds) in neighboring words THAT DO NOT RHYME.

• Consonance
• Assonance
• Alliteration
• Juxtaposition

A pair of rhymed lines in a poem.

• Cuties
• Shipped
• Couplet
• Adorable

a word's dictionary definition.

• Connotation
• Denotation

helps the reader picture ordinary things in new ways. Is not literally true.

• Imagination
• Internal Rhyme
• Sound Devices
• Figurative Language

poetry without regular patterns or rules (does not have rhyme)

• Free Verse Poetry
• Haiku
• Ballad
• Stanza

the arrangement of words and lines on a page (in poetry)

• Style
• Shape
• Form
• Rhyme Scheme

descriptive words making one imagine how something looks, feels, smells, touches, and tastes.

• Figurative Language
• Imagery
• Sound Devices
• Adjectives