Poetry Terms
Descriptive language that appeals to at least one of the five senses is
Imagery
A comparison using the words like or as is a
Simile
A group of lines in a poem are called a
Stanza
More Poetry Terms... A way of expressing oneself that does not use a word's strict or realistic meaning is called
Figurative Language
Two lines of poetry that usually rhyme are called a
Couplet
Words evoke the actual sound of the thing they refer to or describe are called a
Onomatopoeia
The rhythmic measure of a line of poetry that defines the patterns of the beats is called
Meter
The attribution of a human characteristic to something nonhuman is
Personification
“That plane ride took forever” is an example of which literary term?
Hyperbole
An extreme exaggeration is called a
Hyperbole
The repetition of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words is
Alliteration
A sound, word, phrase, or line is repeated for effect or emphasis is
Anaphora
Poetry that does not contain a regular pattern of rhyme and meter is
Free Verse
A certain pattern of rhyme at the end of each line is
Rhyme Scheme
Author’s attitude toward the subject that can be identified by the author’s diction (word choice) is called
Tone
A meter/pattern where the lines of the poem consist of 10 syllables (or 5 iambs) is
Iambic Pentameter
A poem that has fourteen lines of iambic pentameter that rhyme is a
Sonnet
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The term applied to a poet or character addressing an inanimate object as if it were alive is
An indirect reference to something, usually another well-known piece of literature or history is a
Allusion
The continuation of a sentence from one line of a stanza to another without ending the sentence is
Enjambment
Four lines of poetry that often follow a simple rhyme scheme (a four line stanza) is a
Quatrain
Free Verse