Poetry Vocabulary

Definition: Alliteration

• words that represent sounds

• repetition of the beginning sounds of words

• repeating sounds at the end of words

• comparing two unlike things using like or as

Definition: Onomatopoeia

• comparing two unlike things (NOT using like or as)

• giving nonhuman things human qualities/characteristics

• words that represent sounds

• extreme exaggeration

Definition: Repetition

• repeating a word or phrase, normally to show importance

• repetition of the beginning sounds of words

• giving a nonhuman thing human qualities

• the use of words or phrases that appeal to the five senses

What is an example of a metaphor?

• The boy was as fast as lightening.

• The boy was fast like lightening.

• He was lightening on the race track.

• He was as fast as a cheetah.

Definition: Rhyme

• repeating sounds at the end of words

• comparing two unlike things using like or as

• giving nonhuman things human qualities/characteristics

• extreme exaggeration

What is an example of a hyperbole? (more than one answer)

• The book was 20 pages long.

• The wall was as hard as a rock.

• The book felt a million pages long!

• I am so tired, I could sleep for two whole years!

What example of imagery is this:

The concert was so loud my ears rang for days!

• Smell

• Hear

• Taste

• Touch

What example of imagery is this:

The sunset was the most gorgeous thing I have ever seen!

• Hear

• Taste

• Sight

• Touch

What type of imagery is this:

The tree bark was rough against her skin.

• Touch

• Taste

• Sight

• Hear

Definition: Simile

• giving nonhuman things human qualities/characteristics

• comparing two unlike things (NOT using like or as)

• comparing two unlike things using like or as

• repeating a word or phrase, normally to show importance