Poetry Vocabulary
A grouping of lines that form a unit in a poem.
What is a stanza?
(stanza)
the comparison of two unlike things using the words "like" or "as"
What is simile?
Mary baked more muffins than any other mom.
What is alliteration?
A form of poetry that tells a story
What is a narrative poem?
What does the O stand for? Give an example of how poems can be organized?
What is organization?
an object or action that stands for something beyond itself
(symbol)
What is personification?
What is when an idea or object is given human attributes and/or feelings as if it were human.
I aim to play the main game
What is assonance?
What is a lyrical poem?
What does the Two Ts stand for?
What does it entail?
What is Title= what does the title mean? How does it connect to the theme?
What is Theme= What is the message, moral, or theme?
The feeling(s) and atmosphere that a piece of writing creates within the reader
A. theme
B. mood
C. tone
D. attitude
What is mood?
(mood)
When contradictory statements or situations reveal a reality that is different from what appears to be true
BOOM! SPLAT!
What is Onomatopoeia?
poetry that does not rhyme but follows a regular meter
What is blank verse?
What does the P stand for in POETTI?
Tell what it entails
Purpose- Why was it written? What was it written for?
What is oxymoron?
a common expression whose fixed order has a particular meaning that cannot be determined fro its literal meaning
What is an idiom?
the technique of repeating the same word or phrase multiple times within a poem
What is repetition?
a fourteen-line poem written in one stanza
What does the E stand for?
What does the I stand for?Give examples
What is emotions?
A play on words usually when a single word with more than one meaning is used humorously to exploit both meanings
What is a pun?
The comparison of two unlike things that she something in common without using the words "like" or "as."
He Stood on the road and cried
What is consonance?
A poem in which the words are spelled out through the first letter of each line
What is acrostic?
What is the acronym for analyzing Poems?
What does it entail?
POETTI