Poetry Terms and Figurative Language

The core unit of a poem

• line

• tone

• imagery

A group of lines (like a paragraph)

• stanza

• rhythm

• line

• pace

The place where a line ends

• line break

• stanza

• theme

How fast or slow a poem is read. Short sentences speed up; longer sentences slow it down

• pace

• mood

• stanza

• form

The feeling or atmosphere that the poet creates

• mood

• rhythm

• stanza

• theme

A type of poem that praises and celebrates its subject

• ode

• lyric poem

• sonnet

• haiku

A short poem in which a single speaker expresses personal thoughts and feelings, originally created to be sung

• lyric poem

• ode

• haiku

• sonnet

Crunch, pop, bang, pow are each an example of an__________________?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

• symbolism

It's raining cats and dogs is an example of an...?

• Personification

• Simile

• Onomatopoeia

• Idiom

The work of art spoke to us is an example of a...?

• simile

• metaphor

• idiom

• personification