Poetry Terms: The Meaning of Words

A brief reference to some person, historical event, work of art, or Biblical or mythological situation or character.

• cliché

• analogy

• allusion

• connotation

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CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

A comparison, usually something unfamiliar with something familiar.

• apostrophe

• contrast

• allusion

• analogy

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.6.5B

CCSS.L.8.5B

"The plumbing took a maze of turns where even water got lost." is an example of:

• analogy

• allegory

• connotation

• hyperbole

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Any figure of speech that was once clever and original but through overuse has become outdated.

• pattern

• allusion

• repetition

• cliché

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

"busy as a bee" is an example of:

• cliché

• allusion

• constant

• pattern

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

The emotional, psychological or social overtones of a word; its implications and associations

apart from its literal meaning.

• denotation

• irony

• metaphor

• connotation

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

The dictionary definition of a word; its literal meaning apart from any associations or connotations.

• irony

• denotation

• contrast

• analogy

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

An outrageous exaggeration used for effect.

• irony

• hyperbole

• oxymoron

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

"He weighs a ton" is an example of:

• irony

• oxymoron

• metaphor

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

A contradictory statement or situation to reveal a reality different from what appears to be true.

• simile

• figurative language

• irony

• metaphor

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CCSS.L.8.5A