Vocab. Unit 6 Context "Poetry" by Laura Selinsky

Poem (Freda)

lselinsky — 2015-12-02 16:27:13 UTC

Concentrated imaginative description of experience in language chosen and arranged to create a specific emotional response through its meaning, sound, and rhythm.

I like to write poems during struggles that would be cool to turn into music.

Prose (Demou)

lselinsky — 2015-12-02 16:27:25 UTC

Ordinary writing/speech, presented in paragraphs and/or dialogue
"The master poet found it somewhat difficult to write prose."
Linky

Rhyme (Barretta)

lselinsky — 2015-12-02 16:27:41 UTC

Definition: correspondence of sound between words or the endings of words, especially when these are used at the ends of lines of poetry.

Sentence: Rappers use rhymes to make their music better.

Rhythm (Wellock)

lselinsky — 2015-12-02 16:28:27 UTC

Rhythm

the beat of poetry, music, rap, etc.

Sentence:

I dance to the rhythm of the drums.

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/lmROyPTqhCo/maxresdefault.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmROyPTqhCo

Alliteration (Trezza)

lselinsky — 2015-12-02 16:28:49 UTC

Definition: The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
Sentence: Most forms of poetry use alliteration, with final word of the second sentence rhyming with the final word of the first.

https://www.theschoolrun.com/alliteration-assonance-consonance

Allusion (Ennis)

lselinsky — 2015-12-02 16:29:18 UTC

Definition: reference to well-known people, events, literature, or art.

Sentence: One of the lines in Romeo and Juliet is so famous that some references of that line are seen in modern media.

http://img.picturequotes.com/2/19/18819/o-romeo-romeo-wherefore-art-thou-romeo-quote-1.jpg

Meter (Castillo)

lselinsky — 2015-12-02 16:30:12 UTC

The alteration of stressed and unstressed syllables in poetry.

I love meters in poems because they mention all of the important word's in a poem.

https://mramusicplace.wordpress.com/tag/meter-in-music/

Concrete (Wiker)

lselinsky — 2015-12-02 16:33:25 UTC

Refers to people, creatures, objects or events that can be perceived with the physical senses.
The author uses concrete information in all of his books.

https://learningkidunya.blogspot.com/2018/07/concrete-nounsabstract-nounscountable.html

Abstract (Wisecarver)

lselinsky — 2015-12-02 16:33:48 UTC

Refers to concepts that, although real, cannot be perceived with the physical senses

The military songs that played could not voice it directly, but strived to instill the abstract concept of patriotism within the hearts of those who may otherwise be stressed and weary of fighting

http://t14.deviantart.net/9rfARXNn5zy0P9dnlA_Gq_HPz48=/300x200/filters:fixed_height(100,100):origin()/pre09/821a/th/pre/f/2013/281/c/f/mark_twain_on_patriotism_by_fourdaysfromnow-d6ppz1n.png

Free Verse (Redpath)

lselinsky — 2015-12-02 16:34:11 UTC

Poetry that does not rhyme or have a regular meter.

In my opinion, I like poems that are not free verse.

Hyperbole (Miller)

lselinsky — 2015-12-02 16:34:22 UTC

Extreme overstatement or exaggeration

People these days use too much hyperbole in their speech.

https://freelancerspen.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/hyperbole.jpg?w=736

Understatement (Renninger)

lselinsky — 2015-12-02 16:37:30 UTC

the presentation of something as being smaller, worse, or less important than it actually is.

Metaphor (Reynolds)

lselinsky — 2015-12-02 16:37:57 UTC

Describes something by a statement of direct comparison to something else

An example of a metaphor is "She is the light of my life"

https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/932/665/8a8.jpg

Refrain (Hanratty)

lselinsky — 2015-12-02 16:38:20 UTC

Refrain is a verse, a line, a set, or a group of lines that appears at the end of stanza, or appears where a poem divides into different sections.

The refrain will tell things that may be off-topic from the rest of the poem.

linkus

Stanza (Lebron)

lselinsky — 2015-12-02 16:38:56 UTC

A group of lines that occur in a poem or a song

Each stanza of the song tells a story that progresses as the song ends.

https://image.slidesharecdn.com/4thgradepoetry-110612210749-phpapp02/95/4th-grade-poetry-5-728.jpg?cb=1307914814

Symbol (Kasopsky)

lselinsky — 2015-12-02 16:40:07 UTC

Symbol- Physical person, place, thing, or event that stands for something more significant than itself.

To a foreigner, the Liberty Bell may just be a bronze hunk of junk, but for an American it is a symbol of our freedom.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/08/Liberty_Bell_2008.jpg

Personification (Kwiecinski)

lselinsky — 2015-12-02 16:41:22 UTC

The attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form. A figure intended to represent an abstract quality. A person, animal, or object regarded as representing or embodying a quality, concept, or thing.
He was the personification of evil.
https://examples.yourdictionary.com/examples-of-personification.html

Imagery (Norton)

lselinsky — 2015-12-02 16:45:19 UTC

Vivid mental pictures evoked through descriptive language.

I get the imagery of a bluebird tweeting in a forest as I read this poem.
https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mcgeorgegls.com%2F2017%2F10%2Fusing-imagery-simile-metaphor-tell-compelling-story%2F&psig=AOvVaw0687kR28uP46O6hidXGkMm&ust=1574277310282000&source=images&cd=vfe&ved=0CAIQjRxqFwoTCNiIjZP-9uUCFQAAAAAdAAAAABAD

Theme (Shearer)

lselinsky — 2015-12-02 16:47:04 UTC

lesson
I dont like themes is class.

Irony (Tanos)

lselinsky — 2015-12-02 16:50:40 UTC

Irony
definition: contrast between expectation and reality
Sentence:A police officer being a criminal is ironic.
https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FIrony&psig=AOvVaw0x4TKnIbSSHIcKMI1Rpg5V&ust=1574347403304000&source=images&cd=vfe&ved=0CAIQjRxqFwoTCIjvrKCD-eUCFQAAAAAdAAAAABAD