21st century

• Allusions - a reference to a person, place, thing, event, or other literary work that is familiar to the reader
• Analogy - comparison that presents the similarities between two concepts and ideas
• Apostrophe - A figure of speech in which a speaker addresses someone or something that is not present.
• Cliche - A phrase or idea that is overused and has lost its original meaning.
• Connotation - The meaning of a word or phrase that is not its literal meaning.
• Euphemism - A mild or indirect word or phrase that is used to avoid saying something unpleasant or offensive.
• Hyperbole - an exaggerated statement or claim that is not meant to be taken literally.
• Metaphor - compares two seemingly unlike objects that have similar or common characteristics without the use of like or as
• Metonymy - a word of phrase that is substituted for another that is closely associated to it
• Oxymoron - A figure of speech in which two contradictory terms are used together (literally just paradox but the contradicting words are separated)
• Paradox - an assertion that seems to be contradictory or silly but actually reveals some truth (literally just oxymoron but the contradicting words aren't together)
• Personification - giving a non-human object human qualities, such as emotions or intelligence.
• Pun - a play on words, often humorous, that is used to convey a message.
• Synedoche - A word that is used to express a thought or idea that is not expressed in the sentence.
• Simile - A comparison between two things using the words "like" or "as".
• Poetry - ideas, feelings, rhythm, and sound are packed into carefully chosen words
• Narrative poetry - poems that tell a story
• Lyric poetry - poems that are sung with musical accompaniment
• Dramatic poetry - performed onstaged can be sung or spoken
• Persona - dramatic character who is the speaker in the poem
• Form - lines that divided into groups called stanzas, written in lines
• Imagery - the use of language that appeals to the five senses
• Sound patterns -rhyme, rhythm and other literary devices that pertain to sounds
• Rhyme - the repetition of similar or identical sounds at the end of poetic lines
• Acrostic poem - lines are arranged so the first letter in each line helps to spell out a word
• Ballad - narrative poems characterized by their melodious rhyme scheme
• Elegy - form of poetry that typically reflects on death or loss
• Epic - long, detailed poems that tell fantastical stories of larger-than-life characters
• Free verse - does away with a consistent rhyme scheme and meter
• Haiku - short poem characterized by its unique form of a five-syllable line followed by a seven syllable line followed by a five syllable line (these lines do not rhyme)
• Limerick - silly form of poetry quickly turned into a quippy poetic ode, as the limerick became a fun and humorous way to write about other people
• Ode - a poem that celebrates beauty in life
• Sonnet - poem generally structured in the form of 14 lines, expresses a thought or idea and utilizes an established rhyme scheme
• Villanelle - poetic form initially as a variation of pastoral poetry, its about obsessions and follow a strict form (ABA ABA ABABABABABA)
• What type of poetry is this?

  Acrostic poem

  
• What kind of poem is this?

  Ballad

  
• What kind of poetry is this?

  Elegy

  
• What kind of poetry is this?

  Free verse

  
• What kind of poetry is this?

  Haiku

  
• What kind of poetry is this?

  Limerick