Unit 1 Vocabulary

Define the word denotation.

• Block of text with no extra spaces in a poem; like a paragraph in a poem

• The understood feelings or ideas connected to words 

• Not literal use of language – depends on connotations in many cases 

• The dictionary meaning of a word - the literal meaning.

Define the word connotation.

• The dictionary meaning of a word 

• The understood feelings or ideas connected to words

• Repetition of similar sounds at the ends of words

• One horizontal string of words in a poem; may be a complete sentence, but does not have to be

Define the word stanza.

• One horizontal string of words in a poem; may be a complete sentence, but does not have to be

• Block of text with no extra spaces in a poem; like a paragraph in a poem 

• The understood feelings or ideas connected to words 

• Not literal use of language – depends on connotations in many cases 

Define the word line.

• Not literal use of language – depends on connotations in many cases 

• Repetition of similar sounds at the ends of words 

• One horizontal string of words in a poem; may be a complete sentence, but does not have to be 

• The dictionary meaning of a word 

Define the word figurative.

• Block of text with no extra spaces in a poem; like a paragraph in a poem 

• Repetition of similar sounds at the ends of words 

• A word or phrase or sound that is repeated 

• Not literal use of language – depends on connotations in many cases 

Define the word rhyme.

• A word or phrase or sound that is repeated 

• Repetition of similar sounds at the beginning of nearby words 

• Repetition of similar sounds at the ends of words 

• Not literal use of language – depends on connotations in many cases 

Define the word repetition.

• A word or phrase or sound that is repeated 

• Not literal use of language – depends on connotations in many cases 

• Block of text with no extra spaces in a poem; like a paragraph in a poem 

• Repetition of similar sounds at the beginning of nearby words 

Define the word alliteration.

• Repetition of similar sounds at the beginning of nearby words

• A word or phrase or sound that is repeated 

• Not literal use of language – depends on connotations in many cases 

• The understood feelings or ideas connected to words