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| Poem or lament for the dead; sometimes composed in elegiac couplets |
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| A poem that explores an idea or image |
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| A poem that creates an atmosphere |
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| Tells a story about a person or an event |
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| A poem dealing with shepherds, flocks, nature and love and such |
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| The character saying the poem, not necessarily the poet |
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| Conversation between characters--In poetry, may not be placed in quotations |
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| The individual person (or type of person) for whom the poem was written |
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| A series of events or "storyline" . |
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| Words that make the same sound as their meaning; buzz, plop |
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| The emotional quality of a word (house, home) (dog, canine) |
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| Two words within the same line rhyme |
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| Ten syllables per line, alternating one stressed and one unstressed |
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| A pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in some poems |
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| Words or phrases that create pictures, sounds, smells, etc. in the mind of the reader |
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| A series of events that show the conflict building |
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| The turning point, or point of highest tension in the action of a poem |
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| A hint of what is to come. |
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| A character that stays the same |
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| Reference to other sources: myth, art, literature, cultural icon or event |
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| The speaker comments from outside the story |
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| attitude of the speaker toward the subject |
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| The "I" in the story presents the point of view of only one character |
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| A contrast between what the reader knows and the character doesn't |
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| A contrast between the unexpected and the expected |
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| Anticipation or excitement of events to come in a plot |
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| An author's opinion about a central subject |
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