Poetry Vocabulary Review

The narrative voice of the poem is the...

• Poet

• Speaker

• Narrator

• Protagonist

A brief statement summarizing the action of the poem is the...

• Summary

• Paraphrase

• Situation

• Plot

The poet's choice of words would be called...

• Diction

• Denotation

• Connotation

• Symbol

The associated meaning of a word is...

• Denotation

• Diction

• Speaker

• Connotation

The definition of a word as found in a dictionary would be the...

• Connotation

• Denotation

• Annotation

• Summation

Language in a written work which appeals to your senses is called...

• Imagery

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Onomatopoeia

The Big Bad Wolf from the story of The Three Little Pigs would be an example of what literary device?

• Symbol

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Imagery

"She is all states, and all princes" would be an example of what literary device?

• Personification

• Simile

• Assonance

• Metaphor

An apple would be one associated with education. A cross would be one that is associated with Christianity. What are they called?

• Symbol

• Assonance

• Metaphor

• Simile

The writer's attitude toward his or her subject.

• Attitude

• Mood

• Theme

• Tone