Glossary of Poetic Terms
Define the following terms as they apply to poetry. Find examples in the text as your read "Love That Dog" - cite examples with quotes and page numbers.
Define the following terms as they apply to poetry. Find examples in the text as your read "Love That Dog" - cite examples with quotes and page numbers.
Alliteration - the commencement of two or more stressed syllables of a word group either with the same consonant sound or group
Assonance -
Figurative Language -
Hyperbole -
Irony - emphatic effect ;
" But it was too late because the blue car blue car splattered with mud hit Sky thud thud thud and kept on going in such a hurry. " (pg.70-71)
Imagery - photo anything visual ;
" We were outside in the street me and some other kids kicking the ball before dinner and Sky was chasing chasing chasing with his feet going every which way and his tail wag-wag-wagging and his mouth slob-slob-slobbing. (pg.58)
Metaphor - comparison without "like" or "as" "
" Maybe the wheelbarrow poet was just making a picture with words." (pg.22)
Meter - rhyming pattern of poetry ;
" Blue car, blue car, shinning bright in the darkness of the night: who could see you speeding by like a comet in the sky?" (pg.8)
Narrator - "I don't want to
because boys
don't write poetry."
Onomatopoeia -
Personification -
Point of View -
Rhyme -
Rhythm -
Simile -
Stanza -
Style - A manner of doing something.
"Do you promise not to read it out loud? Do you promise not to put it on the board?"(pg.4)
Syntax - The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language.
"What do you mean-"(pg.5)
Theme - The subject of a talk, a piece of writing, a person's thoughts, or an exhibition; a topic
"I don't want to because boys don't write poetry. Girls do."(pg.1)
Tone -
Assonance -
Figurative Language -
Hyperbole -
Irony - emphatic effect ;
" But it was too late because the blue car blue car splattered with mud hit Sky thud thud thud and kept on going in such a hurry. " (pg.70-71)
Imagery - photo anything visual ;
" We were outside in the street me and some other kids kicking the ball before dinner and Sky was chasing chasing chasing with his feet going every which way and his tail wag-wag-wagging and his mouth slob-slob-slobbing. (pg.58)
Metaphor - comparison without "like" or "as" "
" Maybe the wheelbarrow poet was just making a picture with words." (pg.22)
Meter - rhyming pattern of poetry ;
" Blue car, blue car, shinning bright in the darkness of the night: who could see you speeding by like a comet in the sky?" (pg.8)
Narrator - "I don't want to
because boys
don't write poetry."
Onomatopoeia -
Personification -
Point of View -
Rhyme -
Rhythm -
Simile -
Stanza -
Style - A manner of doing something.
"Do you promise not to read it out loud? Do you promise not to put it on the board?"(pg.4)
Syntax - The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language.
"What do you mean-"(pg.5)
Theme - The subject of a talk, a piece of writing, a person's thoughts, or an exhibition; a topic
"I don't want to because boys don't write poetry. Girls do."(pg.1)
Tone -