Poetry Vocabulary

Aiden, Evelyn, and Olivia are in a poetry club. They noticed that in one of the poems they are studying, the initial consonant sound of two or more adjacent words or stressed syllables is repeated. What is this poetic device called?

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

• consonance

During a poetry reading session at school, Luna read a poem. Grace asked, "What do we call the "paragraph" in each poem that Luna read?"

• line

• stanza

• group

• lots of lines

During a poetry reading session, Abigail read a poem. What do we call each single line that Abigail read?

• line

• stanza

• paragraph

During a literature class, James compared the sun to a golden ball. Which literary device did James use?

• simile

• metaphor

• idiom

• hyperbole

Aria wrote a story about a giant who could touch the moon. This is an example of what?

• simile

• metaphor

• idiom

• hyperbole

Anika, Noah, and Aria are writing a poem. They are trying to find words that have the same ending sounds. What is this called?

• rhyme

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

What term is used to describe the repetition of similar sounds at the end of words, such as cat, hat, and bat?

• alliteration

• metaphor

• rhyme

• hyperbole

Sophia wrote a sentence in her English homework: "Rohan's smile was as bright as the sun." What literary device did Sophia use in her sentence?

• Simile

• Theme

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

"Voice” is the speaker in a poem. 

• True
• False

The different patterns of sound that are linked to the beat are known as ____________.

• Melody

• Rhythm

• Harmony

• Pitch