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| A word that descibes something. |
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| Where words start with the same letter. gives the poem a nice patter or makes it memorable. |
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| Where a word/phrase has more than one meaning |
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| When words share the same vowel sound but the consonants are different |
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| A form of poetry that tells a story and can often be set to music. |
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| Poetry written in iambic pentameter that doesnt ryhme. |
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| A break in the rhythm of a line, often shown with puncuation marks |
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| Sounding like everyday spoken language |
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| When words have the same consonant sounds but different vowel sounds |
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| When two things are described in a way which emphasises how different they are. |
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| A variation of a language. People from different places or backgrounds might use different words |
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| A poem written to mourn the death of someone. |
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| Something that makes you feel a particular emotion e.g anger |
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| When someone feels as if they understand what someone else is experiencing and how they feel about it |
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| finishing a line of poetry with the end of a phrase or sentence |
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| When a sentence or phrase runs over from one line to the next |
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| an indirect term fo something upsetting or offensive. |
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| when someone is talking about themselves |
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| The type of poem an its features e.g sonnet |
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| poetry that doesnt rhyme and has no regular rythm |
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| poetry with a metre of ten syllables - five of the stressed, five unstressed. the stress falls on every other syllable |
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| Language that creates a picture in the readers mind, including metaphors and similes |
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| When words within a single line of a poem rhyme |
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| When words are used in sarcastic or comic way to imply the opposite of what they normaly mean |
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| The choice of words used. different kinds of language has different effects on the reader |
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| The way a piece of poetry is visually presented to the reader. |
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| A way of describing something by saying that it is something else, to create a vivid image. |
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| The arrangement of stressed and unstressed syllables to create rhythm in a line of poetry |
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| The feel or atmosphere of a poem |
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| writing that tells a story |
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| The vouce speaking the words that you're reading |
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| a word that sounds like the things its describing |
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| A phrase whcih seems to contradict itself because the words have opposite meanings |
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| A fictional character or identity adopted by a poet. Poets often create a persona so they can describe things from a different persons point of view |
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| A special like of metaphor where you write about something as if its a person with thoughts and feelings |
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| a four line stanza that usually rhymes |
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| a system of rhyming words in a poem e. abab |
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| a pair of lines that are next to eachother an whose final words rhyme |
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| a pattern of sounds created by the arrangment of syllables |
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| when the narrator talks directly to another person (you) |
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| repitition of 's' and 'sh' sounds |
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| a way of describing something by comparint it to something else usually by usuing words like 'as' or 'like' |
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A poem that traditionally talks about love and has 14 lines
with a clear rhyme scheme |
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| the order of ideas and events i.e how the poem begins, develops and ends |
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| a single unit of wound within a word |
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| when an object stands for somehing else E.g a flower could symbolise the end of a relationship |
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| an idea or topic thats important in a piece of writting |
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| when a poem is written from someone else's point of view 'he' or 'she' |
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| The mood or feeling of the poem suggested by the way the poet writes |
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| the personality narrating the poem. |
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| the letters 'a','e', 'i', 'o' and 'u' |
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