Poetry Vocabulary

Front

What do we call the 'paragraph' in each poem?

Back

stanza

Front

Poems that tell a story are called...

Back

narrative poems

Front

Words that have the same beginning sounds are called?

Back

alliteration

Front

What do we call each single line of a poem?

Back

line

Front

Cat/Bat/Rat/Mat are examples of...?

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rhyme

Front

What is a poem that expresses personal feelings called?

Back

lyrical poem

Front

What do we call a poem that does not have a regular rhythm or rhyme scheme?

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free verse poem

Front

What is it called when a word sounds like the sound it represents?

Back

onomatopoeia

Front

What is a comparison between two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'?

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simile

Front

What is a figure of speech that describes something as if it were something else?

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metaphor