Poetry Academic Vocabulary

narrative poetry

• A type of poetry that tells a story; it has characters, a setting, conflict, and a plot.

• A form of poetry that expresses personal feelings and emotions.

• A style of poetry that uses rhyme and meter to create musicality.

• A type of poetry that is written in free verse without a specific structure.

lyrical poetry

• This type of poetry tells a story with a clear beginning, middle, and end.

• This type of poetry expresses strong thoughts or feelings and has a beat or rhythm pattern; it can be a song.

• This type of poetry uses exaggerated language to evoke strong emotions.

• This type of poetry is primarily focused on visual imagery and does not follow a rhythmic pattern.

alliteration

• The repetition of a sound at the beginning of two or more words.

• A figure of speech that involves an exaggeration.

• A comparison between two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'.

• The use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities.

imagery

• The use of language to create vivid pictures in the reader's mind.

• A technique used to create sound effects in poetry.

• The repetition of consonant sounds in a sentence.

• A method of organizing ideas in a logical sequence.

hyperbole

• a literal statement

• an understatement

• an exaggeration

• a rhetorical question

stanza

• a group of lines in poetry arranged like a paragraph

• a type of rhyme scheme used in poetry

• a literary device that involves exaggeration

• a recurring theme in a poem

rhyme scheme

• a pattern of rhyming words in a poem

• a type of poetic meter

• a structure of stanzas in a poem

• a technique for writing free verse

verse

• A type of stanza in a poem

• One line of a poem; often called a line.

• A collection of poems

• A rhyme scheme used in poetry

simile

• a comparison using the words 'like' or 'as'

• a type of metaphor

• a figure of speech that exaggerates

• a statement that contradicts itself

figurative language

• The use of words or expressions with a meaning that is different from the literal meaning.

• A type of language that is always literal and straightforward.

• Language that is used only in poetry and not in prose.

• A form of communication that relies solely on gestures.