Definitions of Poetry Terms
The voice who is saying the poem to the reader
What is the speaker of the poem?
The moon shines like a new nickel in the sky.
What is a simile?
The hiss of the busted pipe alerted me to the leak.
What is onomatopoeia?
What is the meaning of the simile?
It’s as easy as A-B-C.
It’s very simple/easy.
The author’s use of _____________ lets the reader imagine the sound in this scene.
“Then WHACK! I smack the clothes on the rocks
to scare out all dirt and grassy spots” (Joseph 1).
What is onomatopoeia?
The person who wrote a poem
Who is the author or poet? (either answer correct)
Life is a roller coaster.
What is a metaphor?
“The way a crow
Shook down on me
The dust of snow
From a hemlock tree
From “Dust of Snow” by Robert Frost
What is rhyme?
What is the meaning of the hyperbole?
These new boots are killing me!
They’re really hurting my feet!
In this excerpt, Mama uses _____________ to warn Ana Rosa to be careful with her words.
“You are this river, Ana Rosa, but you must flow softly around the rocks on your way to meet the sea” (Joseph 4).
What is a metaphor?
Lines in poetry grouped together; like a paragraph in a poem
What is a stanza?
Time raced ahead, and I could not keep up.
What is personification?
He sat in serious silence.
What is alliteration?
What is the meaning of the metaphor?
You are my rock.
You are someone who I can rely on to be strong and supportive.
In this poem, the author uses _____________ and _____________ to show the importance of the tree.
“On top of the gri gri
I’m a tall, dark queen
sitting on a throne
of towering green” (Joseph 24).
What are metaphor and imagery?
Where a line of a poem ends and the next line begins
What is a line break?
The week off from school passed by in a second.
What is hyperbole?
“Of the bells:
Keeping time, time, time...”
From “The Bells” by Edgar Allan Poe
What is repetition?
What does this personification tell the reader?
The dark grey clouds marched in from the West with their rumbling thunder-canons.
A thunderstorm approached from the West.
In this poem, the author uses _____________ and _____________ to emphasize the speaker’s need to write down her words.
“May I have some paper please
Please, may I have some paper
‘Cause these words of mine
go walk away
they go walk away all by themselves
and get lost in the crowd” (Joseph 8).
What are repetition and personification?
Vivid description using one or more of the five senses
What is imagery?
The lonely tree reached its branches over the snowy ground.
What is personification?
Identify TWO:
“The fair breeze blew, the white foam flew…”
From “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
What is alliteration and rhyme?
What does the metaphor tell the reader?
“Hold fast to dreams
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly.”
From “Dreams” by Langston Hughes
If you abandon your dreams/goals, life is sad and meaningless.
In this excerpt the author uses _____________ and _____________ to help the reader visualize the scene.
“One Sunday, a storm blew in
with green-gold waves
touching the sky
and coconut trees flinging about
dancing with ghost clouds
whispering lies” (Joseph 56).
What are imagery and personification?