Poetry Vocab

Words that sound like the objects or actions they refer to

• Onomatopoeia

• literacy

• personification

• sound effects

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

The repetition of words with the same beginning sound

• rhyme

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Two or more words that have the same ending sound

• alliteration

• repetition

• rhyme

• imagery

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Language that suggests how someone or something looks, sounds, feels, smells or tastes; helps create a mental picture of your mind as you read.

• figurative language

• imagery

• simile

• stanza

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

To make something seem larger or more important than it really is; an exaggeration.

• hyperbole

• simile

• epitome

• geometry

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

A figure of speech in which objects are given human qualities.

• repetition

• personification

• human stuff

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

Using the same word or phrase over and over again.

• repetition

• alliteration

• personification

• competition

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

A figure of speech comparing two things using like or as.

• metaphor

• simile

• hyperbole

• imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

A division of a poe, consisting of a series of lines arranged together usually in a repeating pattern of rhythm and rhyme.

• paragraph

• sentence

• stanza

• chapter

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

A figure of speech in comparing two things by stating that one this is another thing.

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• comparision

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D