Poetry Terms
What the author uses to paint pictures with words in the readers' mind.
Imagery
Characteristics, features, or examples
Description
She was as sly as a fox
Simile
person, place, or thing
Noun
a comparison between two things, typically for the purpose of explanation or clarification
analogy
The emotional standing of a literary work
Mood
First, next, last, before, after
Sequence
Time is money
Metaphor
a word or phrase meant to modify or describe a noun
Adjective
an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning
connotation
The central idea, message, or purpose of a literary work
Theme
In 1963, in the last year, by 1919
Chronological
The wind howled in the night
Personification
a word used to describe an action
Verb
the literal or primary meaning of a word, in contrast to the feelings or ideas that the word suggests
denotation
A metaphor introduced then further developed throughout a literary work
Extended Metaphor
What is alike, what is different
Compare & Contrast
She just died of embarrassment
Hyperbole
a word or phrase that modifies an adjective, verb, or other adverb or a word group
Adverb
departing from a literal use of words; metaphorical
figurative meaning
correspondence of sound between words or the endings of words, especially when these are used at the ends of lines of poetry.
Rhyme
When something makes something else happen
Cause & Effect
She smiled like the Cheshire Cat.
Allusion
an abrupt remark, made especially as an aside or interruption
Interjection
the general character or attitude of a place, piece of writing, situation, etc
tone