core knowlegde (terminology)

• a poem in the form of a speech, which presents one side of a conversation

  Monologue
• a poem which acts as a conversation between two speakers

  Dialogue
• a poem which tells a story. Often in metred verse

  Narrative
• a 14 line poem set out as an argument, with the final clincher in the last rhyming couplet

  Sonnet
• a non-narrative poem with strong emotion

  Lyric
• a poet directly addresses a specific person

  Apostrophe
• no rules in rhythm, rhyme or stanza length. It mirrors the natural speech

  Free verse
• the poem is told from the speaker's point of view. Using I, me, my or mine

  First person
• the poem is told about another person. Using he, she, we , they ect...

  Third person
• an informal, colloquial style of writing

  Conversation
• 4 line stanza

  Quatrain
• a regular poem written in unrhymed lines, which has a regular metre

  Blank verse
• one beat words to create a blunt, childlike feel

  Monosyllabic language
• a unit of poetry, like a paragraph in a story

  Stanza
• told in order of time

  Chronological order
• looking back to the past

  Flashback
• a thought about the past

  Memory
• a change in viewpoint, perspective, tone or mood

  Change
• two ideas side by side which contradict one another

  Juxtaposition
• lines which run on to the next line

  Enjambment
• say the same thing again

  Repetition
• the pattern of beats in a poem. Sometimes, it is regular, sometimes irregular

  Rhyme
• conversation in speech marks

  Direct speech
• ideas or images which present the opposite side of something

  Contrasts
• a deliberate break in a sentence

  Caesura
• an action word or a being word

  Verb
• a word which describes a noun

  Adjective
• a comparison of an idea to an object using like or as

  Simile
• a direct comparison of two ideas

  Metaphor
• giving human qualities to something which does not live

  Personification
• religious, warlike, domestic, light ...

  Imagery
• the repetition of a consonant sound

  Alliteration
• the repetition of a vowel sound

  Assonance
• words which convey feeling

  Emotive language
• the feelings the readers gain from the poem

  Mood
• the poet's attitude e.g., heroic, violent, awestruck

  Tone
• the feeling of the place

  Atmosphere
• words which rely on instinct, often describing traumatic events

  Visceral language
• the speaker reveals aspects of their character to the reader in a one-sided conversation

  Dramatic monologue
• a sonnet named after the poet Petrarch. A poem of two halves: 8 lines to question, 6 lines to resolve an argument

  Petrarchan sonnet