Poetry Unit Vocab

Smallest unit of the poem; a group of words organized on one line

• Line

• Stanza

• Sonnet

• Verse

The "paragraph" of poetry; a group of lines

• Stanza

• Line

• Verse

• Theme

Poetry is written in lines and stanzas instead of sentences and paragraphs. This is called...

• Verse

• Prose

• Theme

• Sonnet

The poem’s deeper meaning or message about life

• Theme

• Tone

• Metaphor

• Verse

 The mood or vibe of the poem

• Tone

• Theme

• Allusion

• Stanza

A comparison between two objects or ideas using like or as

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Imagery

• Symbolism

True or False: The speaker of a poem is always the same as the author

• True

• False

A direct comparison between two objects or ideas

• Metaphor

• Theme

• Hyperbole

• Repetition

Language that appeals to the five senses

• Imagery

• Personification

• Simile

• Allusion

Imagery is language that readers can... (select all that apply)

• see

• smell

• hear

• taste

• feel