Q ENG 102 / Unit 1 POETRY TERMS ASSIGNMENT This assignment involves a little bit of googling to look up the definitions of these terms. I recommend that you use either the glossary from the Academy of American Poets website (link: https://poets.org/glossary ) or from Poetry Foundation (link: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/learn/glossary-terms ), or the Glossary of Essential Literary Terms available via RCC Library under this link. IMPORTANT: Don’t copy and paste definitions you find online. Write out each definition in your own words. If need be, simplify it. It’s crucial that you understand each definition. WRITING TIP: As you’re working on ESSAY 1, have your complete poetry terms assignment in front of you to help you refer to specific poetry terms in your analysis and interpretation of your chosen poem. AT FIRST GLANCE: (poetry terms related to what we notice at first glance about a poem) speaker – persona – stanza – FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE: (figures of speech that allow us to get to meanings that lie beyond the literal reading of the words on the page) image – metaphor – simile – allegory – symbol – hyperbole – understatement – metonymy – synecdoche – personification – IRONY – paradox – SOUND: (terms related to sound effects and the impression they make on the reader) onomatopoeia – alliteration – assonance – rhyme – rhythm – Which of the three glossaries of literary terms did you use to complete this assignment? (Type your answer below.) POETRY TERMS ASSIGNMENT This assignment involves a little bit of googling to look up the definitions of these terms. I recommend that you use either the glossary from the Academy of American Poets website (link: https://poets.org/glossary ) or from Poetry Foundation (link: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/learn/glossary-terms ), or the Glossary of Essential Literary Terms available via RCC Library under this link. IMPORTANT: Don’t copy and paste definitions you find online. Write out each definition in your own words. If need be, simplify it. It’s crucial that you understand each definition. WRITING TIP: As you’re working on ESSAY 1, have your complete poetry terms assignment in front of you to help you refer to specific poetry terms in your analysis and interpretation of your chosen poem.