Poetry Terms

Alliteration

• Words that look alike but do not sound alike.

• The repetition of beginning consonant sounds.

• The use of images that appeal to the five senses.

• Poetry that is not in a fixed form.

Allusion

• Rhyme that happened within one line.

• A short poem that expresses personal emotions.

• An implied comparison that does not use like or as.

• A reference to a person, thing, place, or idea in history or literature.

End Rhyme

• Rhyme that comes at the end of lines.

• A figure of speech in which the poet addresses someone absent or dead.

• Words that look alike but do not sound alike.

• A person or thing stands for some other idea.

Theme

• Giving human characteristics to something that is not human.

• A poem that tells a story.

• A group of lines in a poem.

• The universal message that the poet is trying to convey.

Stanza

• Literature written in meter or verse.

• Poetry that is not in a fixed form.

• A group of lines in a poem.

• The time and place in which a poem takes place.

Simile

• A comparison of two things.

• A comparison of two things using the words like or as.

• A poem that tells a story.

• The author's attitude about the subject matter.

Symbol

• A two line stanza, which may or may not rhyme.

• The repetition of vowel sounds.

• A figure or speech where are person or thing stands for some other idea.

• A poem that tells a story.

Onomatopeia

• Use of a word that resembles the sounds it denotes.

• Giving human characteristics to something that is not human.

• The repetition of consonant sounds.

• Rhyme that occurs within a line.

Figurative Language

• The repetition of vowel sounds.

• The use of images to appeal to your five senses.

• Poetry that is not in fixed form.

• Words that are literally inaccurate but are used to describe something.

Internal Rhyme

• Words that look alike but do not sounds alike.

• Rhyme that occurs within a line of poetry.

• Poetry that is not in a fixed form.

• Rhyme that occurs at the end of a line of poetry.