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.
Lit 6 - Tuesday, 3/8 - Journal check:
2/9 - "Tolerance" - What can you do to promote tolerance?
2/10 - "TV" - Is TV a good or bad thing, or can it be both?
2/18 - "Sequence of Events" List the sequence of events from "The Night the Bed Fell."
2/24 - "Loch Ness Monster" What would it take for you to believe in the Loch Ness Monster?
3/2 - Expository Essay" - Write an expository essay giving facts and information on a topic you know a lot about and are interested in.
Lit 7 - Due Thursday, 3/10 Essay - "Where was God during the Holocaust?" It must be typed, double-spaced, and at least 3 paragraphs long.
