poetry vocabulary

Multiple Choice

The comparison of two unlike items by saying one item IS the other

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

• rhyme

Multiple Choice

Words that appeal to the reader's senses to paint a picture in the reader's mind. 

• imagery

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

Multiple Choice

A four line poem that follow rhyme scheme and has rhythm. 

• Limerick

• acrostic

• quatrain

• haiku

Multiple Choice

the repetition of beginning consonant sounds in a series of words

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

• simile

• metaphor

Multiple Choice

a Japanese poem consisting of five lines with the syllable pattern 5-7-5-7-7

• haiku

• quatrain

• acrostic

• tanka

Multiple Choice

a word that resembles the sound it represents

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

• rhythm

• metaphor

Multiple Choice

Lines in a poem grouped together like a paragraph

• quatrain

• rhyme scheme

• alliteration

• stanza

Multiple Choice

A three line poem of Japanese origin that generally focuses on nature and does not rhyme and contains the syllable pattern 5-7-5.

• haiku

• tanka

• Limerick

• quatrain

Multiple Choice

The repetition of same or similar sounds, usually in stressed syllables at the end of a line. 

ex: I'll take my bright new shiny nickel, and go and buy a juicy pickle! 

• onomatopoeia

• rhythm

• rhyme

• stanza

Multiple Choice

the comparison of two unlike items, using the words like or as

• rhyme

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration