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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