Poetry Vocabulary

Front

What is an extreme exaggeration called?

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Hyperbole

Front

What do we call the repetition of the same beginning sound in neighboring words?

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Alliteration

Front

What are words that have the same ending sound called?

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Rhyme

Front

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

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Simile

Front

What do we call a poem with no rhyme?

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Free verse

Front

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

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Metaphor

Front

What is a poem that tells a story?

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Narrative poem

Front

What is a word that imitates a sound?

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Onomatopoeia

Front

What is a group of lines in a poem called?

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Stanza

Front

What is the main idea or message of a poem?

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