STAAR POETRY VOCABULARY WORDS

Front

A group of lines (a paragraph for poems).

Back

Stanza

Front

A row of words (just one line).

Back

Line

Front

Two words that rhyme at the end of lines.

Back

End Rhyme

Front

The use of words with similar end sounds.

Back

Rhyme

Front

Two words that rhyme on the same line.

Back

Internal Rhyme

Front

The person that wrote the poem.

Back

Poet

Front

The person that narrates the poem.

Back

Speaker

Front

Comparing two things using like or as.

Back

Simile

Front

Comparing two things not using like or as.

Back

Metaphor

Front

Gives human qualities to nonhuman things.

Back

Personification