A group of lines in a poem is called a - Stanza, The dictionary definition of a word is its - Denotation, The emotional feeling a word gives you is its - Connotation, A comparison between two unlike things using like or as... - Simile, When you give human qualities to an object... - Personification, An extreme exaggeration... - Hyperbole, A poem with five lines and an AABBA rhyme scheme. - Limerick, A 3-line Japanese poem with a 5-7-5 syllable structure. - Haiku, "The clock tick-tocked" is an example of... - Onomatopoeia, The repetition of vowel sounds. - Assonance, The repetition of consonant sounds. - Consonance, The repetition of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words. - Alliteration, The feeling a reader gets from a poem or passage. - Mood, Word choice that demonstrates an authors attitude towards something or someone. - Tone, A direct comparison between two unlike things without using "like" or "as." - Metaphor, The use of language that appeals to the five senses. - Imagery , The use of an object to represent a deeper idea. - Symbolism, The contrast between what is expected and what actually happens. - Irony, A poem that does not follow a strict rhyme or rhythm. - Free Verse, A two-line stanza. - Couplet, A four-line stanza. - Quatrain, Pattern of rhyming words at the end of lines in a poem. - Rhyme Scheme, "Cat got your tongue?" is an example of... - Idiom, A phrase that combines two contradictory terms, such as "deafening silence." - Oxymoron, A central message in a poem or passage. - Theme, Sentences are to paragraphs as _________ is to stanzas. - Lines, A lyrical poem praising a person, place, thing, or idea. - Ode, A poem that laments the dead. - Elegy, A comparison between two different things to explain a complex or unfamiliar concept by highlighting a similar relationship. - Analogy, A joke or type of wordplay that plays on the different meanings of a word or on words that sound alike. - Pun,

Poetry & Literary Terms

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