Poetry Terms: The Sounds of Words

Repeated consonant sounds at the beginning of words placed near each other, usually on the same or adjacent lines.

• assonance

• alliteration

• rhyme

• consonance

Words that sound like their meanings.

• euphony

• sounds

• onomatopoeia

• patterns

The purposeful re-use of words and phrases for an effect.

• repetition

• rhyme

• pattern

• analogy

Words that have different beginning sounds but whose endings sound alike, including the final vowel sound and everything following it.

• rhyme

• euphony

• repetition

• dimeter

A regular pattern of accented syllables separated by unaccented syllables, helps distinguish poetry from prose.

• consonants

• repetition

• rhyme

• rhythm

"Fast and Furious" is an example of:

• pattern

• repetition

• alliteration

• rhyme

"boom, buzz, crackle, gurgle, hiss, pop, sizzle, snap, swoosh, whir, zip" are examples of:

• poetry

• onomatopoeia

• sounds

• rhymes

"I was glad; so very, very glad" is an example of:

• repetition

• rhyme

• alliteration

• pattern

"greenery, machintery, scenery" is an example of:

• repetition

• alliteration

• rhyme

• rhythm

"O Captain! my Captain! our fearful trip is done,

The ship has weather'd every rack, the prize we sought is won." is an example of:

• rhythm

• rhyme

• alliteration

• allusion