It's an important notes for reading poetry terms

1. Poetry Terms

2. Literal Language:
When a writer says exactly what he or she means
Figurative Language:
Figurative language is a writing that has a meaning beyond
the words written.
It should be interpreted imaginatively, not literally.

3. Figure of Speech:
A device used to create figurative language such as
1. Simile
2. Metaphor
3. Personification
4. Hyperbole

4. Sound Device:
Devices related to the sound of language such as
1. Rhyme
2. Alliteration
3. Assonance
4. Onomatopoeia

5. Simile:
A comparison between 2 unlike things using like or as
Metaphor:
He ran as fast as lighting.
She smiled like the sun.
A comparison between 2 unlike things without using like or as
He was a stone, he never moved even when tempted.
We die,
As your hours do, and dry
Away
Like the summer’s rain;

6. Personification:
Giving human qualities to an animal, idea or inanimate object
Hyperbole:
The wind whispered.
Over-exaggeration to create humor or emphasize a point.
It’s a million degrees in here!
Ten thousand saw I at a glance.

7. Rhyme/Rhyme Scheme:
Regular pattern of end rhyme, marked by lowercase letters
Alliteration:
Repetition of a consonant sound at the beginning of words.
Sam saw something spooky.
The night is chill, the cloud is gray:
“Tis a month before the month of May,
And the Spring comes slowly up this way.
Puffs, powders, patches, Bibles, billet-doux.
To spend too much time in studies in sloth.
Blue, glossy green, and velvet black.

8. Assonance:
Repetition of a vowel sound.
Onomatopoeia:
The cat sat on the hat.
The use of words that imitate sounds.
Aunt Annie ate ants.
The fair breeze blew, the white foam flew,
The furrow followed free;

9. Stanza:
A group of lines in a poem.
Theme:
Moral or message
What does it mean?

10. Mood:
The feeling created in the reader by a piece of writing.
Imagery:
Words that create a picture in your mind.
It was a dark, stormy night!
How the reader is supposed to feel.
The sun shined brightly and birds were chirping.

11. Symbol:
Something that stands for or represents something else.
Flower
Love
Beauty
Peace