Poetry Terms!

a narrative poem that was originally meant to be sung.

• Lyric

• Ballad

• Mood

• Hyperbole

the emotional response evoked by a word

• Denotation

• Ballad

• Connotation

• Lyric

the literal, dictionary meaning of a word

• Connotation

• Denotation

• Narrative

• Sonnet

figure of speech in which the truth is exaggerated for emphasis for humorous effect.

• Hyperbole

• Sonnet

• Ode

• Speaker

A short poem that presents a single speaker who expresses his or her innermost thoughts and feelings.

• Sonnet

• Ode

• Narrative

• Lyric

the feeling the poet creates for the reader

• Symbol

• Lyric

• Mood

• Tone

tells a story.

• Narrative Poem

• Ode

• Sonnet

• Lyric

a poem of praise.

• Lyric

• Ode

• Sonnet

• Ballad

a lyric poem of fourteen lines commonly written in iambic pentameter.

• Ode

• Ballad

• Lyric

• Sonnet

the voice that talks to the reader, similar to the narrator in fiction.

• Tone

• Speaker

• Symbol

• Narrative