Poetry Vocab 1

Question 1

Idiom

Answer 1

A phrase that is not supposed to be interpreted by it’s literal meaning.

Question 2

Symbolism / Allegory

Answer 2

A thing in a story that represents itself, in addition to something else. E.X. A flag representing a country, or the Great Lion in Chronicles of Narnia representing Jesus Christ.

Question 3

Metaphor

Answer 3

A phrase that uses “is” to compare two objects that are not similar in their literal sense, but are similar at a deeper meaning level.

Question 4

Simile

Answer 4

Uses “like” or “as” to compare something (Stephen is as skittish as a cat)(Stephen is like a cat for being so skittish)

Question 5

Imagery

Answer 5

Sensory descriptive language (visual, audible, smell, taste, touch)

Question 6

Literal Language

Answer 6

Uses words exactly according to their conventionally accepted meanings.

Question 7

Figurative Language

Answer 7

Uses words in a way that deviates from their conventionally accepted definitions in order to convey a more complicated meaning or heightened effect.