Poetry Terminology
A comparison of two unlike things using like or as.
What is a simile?
Calm and peaceful.
What is placid?
The central point or argument of the text.
What is main idea?
Confusing, overly complicated and hard to follow.
What is convoluted?
The central message or idea the author wants to convey to the reader.
What is theme?
Giving human characteristics to non-human things.
What is personification?
Not helpful, harmful.
What is adverse?
The author's attitude toward a subject.
What is tone?
Decrease the strength of something.
What is temper?
The voice that conveys the poem's message.
Who is the speaker?
A comparison of two unlike things.
What is a metaphor?
Talkative or fluent in speech.
What is voluble?
An unfair preference.
What is bias?
Satisfied or unconcerned.
What is complacent?
A literary device using vivid language to create a sensory experience for readers.
What is imagery?
A grouped set of lines in a poem, often separated by a space.
What is a stanza?
A supporter or follower of a cause or person.
What is an adherent?
The viewpoint from which something is considered.
What is perspective?
Existing as a natural part, innate.
What is inherent?
A literary device that uses words that start with the same sound or letter in close proximity.
What is alliteration?
The pattern of end rhymes in a poem.
What is rhyme scheme?
The destruction of something ancient or holy.
What is sacrilege?
Reading between the lines to understand what is implied but not directly stated.
What is inference?
Severe or extreme.
What is intemperate?
Analyzing similar themes or ideas in two or more poems.
What is compare and contrast?