Musical Imagery
Poetic terms
Identify the term
Definitions given
Misc. Poetry
100

"Look for the girl with the sun in her eyes / And she's gone / Tangerine trees and marmalade skies"

Visual Imagery

100

A group of lines that formed together in a poem

Stanza

100

Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you are going to get. 

Simile
100

exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally

hyperbole

100

Who wrote it..."One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish"

Dr. Seuss

200

"Hot sand on toes, cold sand in sleeping bags / I've been dreaming of the West Coast / And the smell of the pine trees" (2 types)

Olfactory and tactile

200

the actual meaning of written text

literal

200

I am so hungry that I could eat a horse. 

Hyperbole

200

A comparison between to things that are often unrelated which uses like or as 

Simile

200

The type of poem one writes where they pull words from an already written text and rearrange them to create new meaning. 

Found Poem

300

"Man, it's a hot one / Like seven inches from the midday sun"

Tactile Imagery

300

the metaphorical meaning of a written text

Figurative
300
He is a beast on the football field. 

Metaphor

300

Descriptive language used to allow the readers to mentally experiences aromas

Olfactory Imagery

300

Make poetry come alive by using this poetic element

Personification

400

"I came in like a wrecking ball / I never hit so hard in love"

Kinesthetic Imagery

400

the writer's attitude towards a subject - often shown through word choice

tone

400

Sally sells seashells at the sea shore on Saturday. 

alliteration

400

Poetry that honors a person or thing 

ode

400

School is never ending is an example of what...


Hyperbole

500

"Our house, in the middle of our street / Our house, that was where we used to sleep / Father gets up late for work / Mother has to iron his shirt / Then she sends the kids to school / Sees them running through the net curtains / Every Sunday morning, she goes to the market"  - Name them all! 

Visual and Kinesthetic

500

descriptive language used to appeal to the senses

Imagery

500

Don't be such a scrooge. 

Allusion

500

a brief, indirect literary reference to a person, place, thing, or idea from a historical, cultural, literary, or political idea found in a work of literature. 

allusion

500

All five types of imagery on our vocabulary list

olfactory, visual, auditory, kinesthetic, and tactile

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