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| a derogatory term used to describe poetry whose subject is trite and whose rhythm and sounds are monotonously heavy-handed. |
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| Express the meaning of (the writer or speaker or something written or spoken) using different words, esp. to achieve greater clarity |
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| The voice used by an author to tell a story or speak a poem |
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| A word or phrase made of the same letters of other words. |
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| A generic term used to describe poetic lines composed in a measured, rhythmical patter that are often, but not necessarily, rhymed |
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| central meaning or dominant idea in a literary work. Provides a unifying point around which the plot, characters, setting, point of view, symbols, and other elements of a work are organized. |
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| type of brief poem that expresses the personal emotions and thoughts of a single speaker. |
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| poem that tells a story. May be short or long, and the story it relates may be simple or complex. |
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| Long narrative poem, told in a formal, elevated style, that focuses on a serious subject and chronicles heroic deeds and events important to a culture or nature. |
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| effort by the author to induce emotional responses in the reader that exceed what the situation warrants. |
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| A writer's choice of words, phrases, sentence structures, and figurative language, which combine to help create meaning. |
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| refers to a type of informal diction that reflects casual, conversational language and often includes slang expressions. |
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| The ordering of words into meaningful verbal patterns such as phrases, clauses, and sentences. |
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| dictionary meaning of a word. |
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| Associations and implications that go beyond a word's literal meaning. |
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| A mask. A speaker created by the author to deliver the story or poem. |
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| Allows for two or more simultaneous interpretations of a word, phrase, action, or situation, all of which can be supported by the work. |
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| The author's implicit attitude toward the reader or people, places, and events in a work as revealed by the author's style. |
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| A brief reference to a person, a place, thing, an event, or an idea in history or literature. Conjure up scenes from various things. |
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| A word, phrase, or figure of speech that addresses the sense, suggesting mental pictures of sights, sounds, smells, tastes, feelings, or actions. |
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