Elements of Poetry Vocabulary NWEA Review

Writing in shorter lines to slow the reader down

• rhyme

• line break

• simile

• lines

Rows of text in a poem.

• rhyme

• line break

• simile

• lines

Repetition of the sounds.

• rhyme

• line break

• simile

• lines

Pattern of rhymes at the end of each line of a poem.

• rhyme

• rhyme scheme

• simile

• stanza

A rhyme that appears within the same line of poetry.

• Internal rhyme

• rhyme scheme

• simile

• stanza

The grouping of the lines of a poem. Similar to a paragraph.

• Internal rhyme

• rhyme scheme

• simile

• stanza

Comparing two unlike things without using like or as

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• simile

• stanza

Exaggerated statements

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• simile

• stanza

Comparing two unlike things using like or as.

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• simile

• stanza

An object that represents a deeper idea.

• idiom

• symbolism

• alliteration

• personification