Poetry Terms

What is alliteration?

• two or more words with the same beginning sound

• two words that rhyme

• a word that begins with the letter "a"

• two or more words with the same ending sound

What does onomatopoeia mean?

• words that rhyme

• words that sound like the sound they stand for

• Words that end in "ing"

• words that begin and end with the same letter

What is assonance?

• repetition of a vowel sound

• a long vowel sound only

• short vowel sound only

• repetition of a consonant

What is a hyperbole?

• A loud sound

• exaggerated statements

• when someone yells in a poem

What is personification?

• giving animal traits to humans

• giving robot traits to animals

• describing an object with human traits