Poetry Terms January 20, 2015

Poetry Terms Assignment:

Step One: Define the following 40 poetry terms.

Step Two: Organize them into categories according to their meaning.

Step Three: Find an example of the two assigned terms.

Step Four: Teach 1 of your terms to the class.

voice tone diction syntax denotation connotation alliteration assonance onomatopoeia open form

symbol symbolism metaphor personification synecdoche metonymy allegory hyperbole simile free verse

closed form sonnet speaker line stanza couplet rhythm meter free verse end rhyme

internal rhyme rhyme scheme consonance metaphor hyperbole allusion ballad narrative poem concrete poem ballad

Due at the beginning of class on Thursday.
Wednesday you will be assigned terms for examples.