Lit 8 - Tuesday, 3/31 - Poetry vocab test - connotation - rhythm
Poetry Vocabulary
Connotation: Emotional impact attached to words beyond their literal
meaning.
Paraphrase: Putting something into your own words. In poetry, you lose
the musical quality and rhyme
Prose: The ordinary form of written language. Everyday speech.
*Personification: Giving human qualities or characteristics to inanimate
objects or animals.
Narrative poem: A poem that tells a story in poetic form. Contains plot,
setting, characters, etc. Relies on rhythm and rhyme. Organized in stanzas.
Stanzas: Groups of lines that form units in a poem.
Ballad:
A Narrative poem that tells a simple and dramatic story. Intended to be sung or
recited. Has strong rhythms and rhymes.
*Juxtaposition: The placing of two images or ideas side by side allowing
the reader to make the comparison. Not a direct comparison.
Rhythm: A pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in the
lines of a poem. Usually contributes to meaning.
