Poetry Vocab

imagery

• Description that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste)

• the repetition of sounds at the ends of words

• A comparison using "like" or "as"

• A comparison without using like or as

rhyme

• Description that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste)

• the repetition of sounds at the ends of words

• A comparison using "like" or "as"

• A comparison without using like or as

simile

• Description that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste)

• the repetition of sounds at the ends of words

• A comparison using "like" or "as"

• A comparison without using like or as

metaphor

• Description that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste)

• the repetition of sounds at the ends of words

• A comparison using "like" or "as"

• A comparison without using like or as

alliteration

• repetition of beginning consonant sounds

• Repeated use of sounds, words, or ideas for effect and emphasis

• A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes

• A word that imitates the sound it represents.

repitition

• repetition of beginning consonant sounds

• Repeated use of sounds, words, or ideas for effect and emphasis

• A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes

• A word that imitates the sound it represents.

personification

• repetition of beginning consonant sounds

• Repeated use of sounds, words, or ideas for effect and emphasis

• A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes

• A word that imitates the sound it represents.

onomatopoeia

• repetition of beginning consonant sounds

• Repeated use of sounds, words, or ideas for effect and emphasis

• A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes

• A word that imitates the sound it represents.

hyperbole

• repetition of beginning consonant sounds

• exaggeration

• A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes

• A group of lines in a poem

stanza

• repetition of beginning consonant sounds

• exaggeration

• A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes

• A group of lines in a poem