Poetry Vocab

Question 1

Metaphor

Answer 1

Compare 2 things. Example, time is a thief, you are a couch potato

Question 2

Simile

Answer 2

Compares 2 things (like,as). Example, busy as a bee, clean as a whistle

Question 3

Personification

Answer 3

Gives human characteristics to imitate objects. Example: the sun greeted me this morning

Question 4

Hyperbole

Answer 4

Outrageous exaggeration. Example: you snore loader than a freight train

Question 5

Symbolism

Answer 5

Word has meaning which means something else. Example: dove-love, black-death

Question 6

Alliteration

Answer 6

Repetition of sounds. Example: Betty bought butter but the butter was bitter, so Betty bought better butter to make the bitter butter better

Question 7

Onomatopoeia

Answer 7

Sound device. Example: bam, boom, hiss, crackle

Question 8

Allusion

Answer 8

Reference to a specific person, place, event, or movement.

Question 9

Connotation

Answer 9

Emotional suggestion of a word. Example: sweet, kind, mean, busy

Question 10

Denotation

Answer 10

Literal meaning of the word. Example Sherpas

Question 11

Lines

Answer 11

Poetry is written in lines

Question 12

Stanza

Answer 12

Grouping of lines