Poetry Terms and Vocab 1

Alliteration

• Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words

• Comparison using like or as

• Repetition of vowel sounds

• Words that are what they sound like

Personification

• Comparison WITHOUT like or as

• Giving human traits to non-living objects

• Something that stands for an idea beyond itself

• Repetition of vowel sounds

The attitude the author takes towards a subject

• Tone

• Mood

• Theme

• Symbol

Simile

• Comparison WITH like or as

• Comparison WITHOUT like or as

• The message the author sends

• Something that stands for an idea beyond itself

Movement with regular repetition, used to bring out the musical quality of language

• Rhythm

• Stanza

• Line

• Verse

An implied comparison between two things without like or as

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Symbol

• Theme

A part of a poem

• Stanza

• Free Verse

• Haiku

• Rhythm

Imagery is

• Using language that paints pictures in the readers mind

• A poetic form where a poem resembles an object in shape

• Using visuals to accompany a poem

• Having a clear structure in a poem

Words that sound like what they are

• Onomatopoeia

• Rhythm

• Simile

• Imagery

Using a word, phrase, or line multiple times

• Rhythm

• Rhyme

• Repetition

• Theme