Poetry Vocabulary

What is alliteration?

• The repetition of the same beginning sound

• The imitation of sounds in word form

• Comparison by using "like" or "as"

• Phrase with a hidden meaning

What is an onomatopoeia?

• The repetition of the same beginning sound

• The imitation of sounds in word form

• Comparison by using "like" or "as"

• Phrase with a hidden meaning

What is a simile?

• The repetition of the same beginning sound

• The imitation of sounds in word form

• Comparison by using "like" or "as"

• Phrase with a hidden meaning

What is an idiom?

• The repetition of the same beginning sound

• The imitation of sounds in word form

• Comparison by using "like" or "as"

• Phrase with a hidden meaning

What is a hyperbole?

• An exaggeration

• Comparing by saying one thing IS another

• One or two phrases that are repeated to show importance or urgency

• Words that have the same ending sound

What is a metaphor?

• An exaggeration

• Comparing by saying one thing IS another

• One or two phrases that are repeated to show importance or urgency

• Words that have the same ending sound

What is repetition?

• An exaggeration

• Comparing by saying one thing IS another

• One or two phrases that are repeated to show importance or urgency

• Words that have the same ending sound

What is a rhyme?

• An exaggeration

• Comparing by saying one thing IS another

• One or two phrases that are repeated to show importance or urgency

• Words that have the same ending sound

What is a line?

• A single line in a poem (a sentence)

• Describing using the 5 senses

• The "paragraph" of a poem

• comparison by using the words "like" or "as"

What is sensory details?

• A single line in a poem (a sentence)

• Describing using the 5 senses

• The "paragraph" of a poem

• comparison by using the words "like" or "as"