Poetry Vocabulary Review

Her eyes were fireflies.

A lyrical poem is a poem that could be set to music, similar to a song and the song lyrics.

Comparing two unlike things NOT using the words like or as.

Imagery means the author includes a picture of something in the text.

When words are repeated throughout a poem.

An extreme exaggeration to get a point across.

A phrase that has a figurative meaning, it can not be taken literal or seriously. Ex: It is raining cats and dogs.

A place where one line stops and another line begins.

The main idea of a text, what is the author trying to teach you.

Comparing two things using the words LIKE or AS.

A narrative poem is a poem that tells a story.

I ran like the wind to catch the bus.

Two or more words having similar sound. Often found at the end of a line.

A free verse poem has no rhyming pattern.

When multiple characters are speaking out loud to each other, this is called:

Use of details to describe how something looks, sounds, tastes, smells, or feels.

The naming of a thing or action by spelling out the sound. (Boom)

Imagery is when a lot of details are given to describe how something looks, sounds, tastes, feels, smells, etc.

A free verse poem is a poem that has no rhyming pattern, it might not have any rhymes at all.

What are paragraphs called in poetry?

Tone of the poem (happy, sad, frustrated, or worried)

The pattern of a beat throughout a poem.

Repetition of the same sounds at the beginning of words.

Break a leg...this is an example of an idiom.

Sally set sail on Saturday What Literary Device is used in the line?

Giving things that are not human, the personality or actions of a human.

The pattern of the rhymes in a stanza or a poem. (AABB)

I tried 1 million times to solve the puzzle and I couldn't...this is an example of a hyperbole.