Types of Meaning in Poetry
Rhyme Time
Poetry Concepts
Name That Example
Give Me an Example
100

How many main types of meaning are there in poetry?

Four

100

Define an "end rhyme"

When the ending sounds of two seperate words or lines sound similar / the same

100

When words or sounds repeat, like in a song chorus, we call it WHAT?

Refrain

100

"Green grass growing all over"

Alliteration

100

Alliteration

"She sells sea shells by the sea shore"

200

What is Sense?

The information the author gives us. What's happening?

200

What does "A-B-A-B" mean in rhyming?

It means that the first and third lines rhyme, as well as the second and fourth.
200

"The beat sounds created by the sounds in a poem"

Rhythm

200

"She ran as fast as the wind"

Similie

200

Metaphor

"She was a lightning bolt on the track"

300

What is Feeling?

The effect the poem has on us.

300

"Roses are Red, 

Violets are Blue,

You can tell me the rhyme scheme?

Good for you!"

A-B-C-B

300

Another word for "Definition" that we discussed is what?

Denotation

300
"He was Lebron James on the basketball court"

Allusion

300

Personification

"The moon smiled down on us"
400

What is Intention?

What the author wanted to achieve / the point they're making.

400

"Bridge"

"Grudge"

Near Rhyme

400

Pronounce a two-syllable word for me in a "stressed then unstressed" meter

ie. TA-ble, BOOK-shelf, PEN-cil etc.

400

"That movie spoke to me"

Personification

400
Allusion
"His nose stook out like Pinnochio's"
500

What is Tone?

The author's attitude toward their subject.

500

"I could spend hours walking in the flowers,

A story very old, and many times told"


Internal Rhyme

500

What does "Connotation" mean

The unspoken meaning or feelings associated with a word, beyond the literal definiton

500

"We drove a million miles to get here!"

Hyperbole

500

Idiom

"This test was a piece of cake"

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