8th Poetry Terms

The beauty of thought and language is called

• prose

• poetry

• alliteration

• assonance

The use of ordinary language is called

• repetition

• onomatopoeia

• prose

• SIFT

The repetition of initial consonant sounds is called

• consonance

• assonance

• alliteration

• repetition

The repetition of vowel sounds next to or within one word of each other is called

• repetition

• consonance

• alliteration

• assonance

The repetition of ending consonant sounds next to or within one word of each other is called

• repetition

• assonance

• alliteration

• consonance

The repetition of words or phrases to emphasize an idea is called

• repetition

• consonance

• assonance

• alliteration

The comparison of two unlike things using like or as is called

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• poetry

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RL.8.4

The comparison of two unlike things is called

• metaphor

• simile

• SIFT

• prose

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

The giving of human qualities to ideas, animals, or objects is called

• assonance

• personification

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RL.8.4

A pair of lines of poetry that rhyme is called

• alliteration

• poetry

• couplet

• repetition