Terms for studying poetry

Another word for the mood or feeling created in a piece

• atmosphere

• symbol

• point of view

• character

a setting is made up of both

• description and imagery

• time and place

• character and tone

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

words that form a picture, a sound or a scent in the reader's mind

• metaphor

• imagery

• simile

"Heavy as lead" is an example of

• metaphor

• simile

• irony

When nonhumans (animals, objects) are described as having human qualities

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

Another word for exaggerating

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

When sounds, words, phrases, lines, or stanzas are repeated to emphasise something

• refrain

• repetition

"The clock stood up and walked off the wall" is an example of what type of figurative language?

• onomatopoeia

• personification

When two words end in the same sound, this is known as what?

• rhyming

• stanza

What is is called when the author uses description and words to create a mental picture in a reader's mind?

• imagery

• simile