Poetry Terminology

Identify the following definitions

• A group of lines in poetry

STANZA

• A group of lines in poetry

• Obvious exaggeration

HYPERBOLE

• Obvious exaggeration

• A figure of speech comparing 2 dissimilar things, without using like or as

METAPHOR

• A figure of speech comparing 2 dissimilar things, without using like or as

• The ideas, thoughts, and feelings that come to mind when you read or hear a word

CONNOTATION

• The ideas, thoughts, and feelings that come to mind when you read or hear a word

• The pattern of accented syllables in poetry

RHYTHM

• The pattern of accented syllables in poetry

• The dictionary definition of a word

DENOTATION

• The dictionary definition of a word

• A way or speaking or writing that forces the reader or listener to look at familiar things a new way

FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE

• A way or speaking or writing that forces the reader or listener to look at familiar things a new way

• The use of words that sound like what they describe

ONOMATOPOEIA

• The use of words that sound like what they describe

• A form of writing with words arranged in lines and stanzas

POETRY

• A form of writing with words arranged in lines and stanzas

• The different patterns in which rhyme can be used

RHYME SCHEME

• The different patterns in which rhyme can be used

• The basic segment of a poem, may or may not be a sentence

LINE

• The basic segment of a poem, may or may not be a sentence

• A figure of speech comparing 2 dissimilar things, without using like or as

SIMILE

• A figure of speech comparing 2 dissimilar things, without using like or as

• Words that end in the same sound

rhyme

• Words that end in the same sound