Poetry Vocabulary

What is poetry?

• group of lines in a poem

• attitude of a piece of writing

• type of literature or artisitic writing

• form a mental image of

What is a stanza?

• group of lines in a poem

• existing in thought, but not in reality

• skills and techniques an author uses to tell a story

• lesson or message the author wants to get across

What does author's craft mean?

• message or lesson the author wants to get across

• to form a mental image

• existing in thought, but not in reality

• Skills and techniques that an author uses to tell a story

What does visualize mean?

• group of lines in a poem

• To form a mental image

• using words or images to represent an idea

• type of literature or artistic writing

What is imagery?

• visually descriptive or figurative language

• skills and techniques and author uses to tell a story

• the use of symbols to represent ideas

• group of lines in a poem

What is symbolism?

• existing in thought, but not reality

• type of literature or artistic writing

• use of words or pictures to represent ideas or qualities

• to form a mental image of

What does theme mean?

• visually descriptive or figurative language

• to form a mental image of

• the lesson or message the writer wants to get across

• skills and techniques an author uses to tell a story

What does abstract mean?

• the use of symbols to represent ideas

• to form a mental image of

• a group of lines in a poem

• existing in thought, but not reality