Poetry Term Review

repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words

• alliteration

• rhyme

• rhythm

• assonance

repetition of sounds at the end of words

• alliteration

• rhyme

• rhythm

• assonance

4. group of lines in poetry, separated by a line break (or space) (a paragraph in poetry)

• rhyme scheme

• repetition

• stanza

• structure

repeated words or phrases for emphasis

• rhyme scheme

• repetition

• stanza

• structure

pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables and line length to create the "sound" of the poem

• alliteration

• rhyme

• rhythm

• assonance

pattern that rhyming words follow (Ex. ABAB)

• rhyme scheme

• repetition

• stanza

• structure

group of words arranged in a row in poetry

• stanza

• structure

• speaker

• line

comparison that is made over more than one line

• personification

• simile

• extended metaphor

• figurative language

language that appeals to the five senses

• imagery

• sensory language

• both A & B

• neither A nor B

Another word for the narrator of the poem (does not have to be the author)

• stanza

• structure

• speaker

• sensory