List 28- Poetry Vocab

What does rhyme mean?

• Intentionally repeating the same beginning sound of words

• Giving a human characteristic to something not human

• Words with the same or similar ending sounds

• Words that imitate sounds in writing

What is rhythm in a poem?

• The beat and pattern of the poem

• A phrase that compares two things using 'like' or 'as'

• Words that imitate sounds in writing

• Giving a human characteristic to something not human

What is a simile?

• Words with the same or similar ending sounds

• A phrase that compares two unlike things

• Intentionally repeating the same beginning sound of words

• A phrase that compares two things using 'like' or 'as'

What is a metaphor?

• Words that imitate sounds in writing

• A phrase that compares two things using 'like' or 'as'

• A phrase that compares two unlike things

• Giving a human characteristic to something not human

What does alliteration mean?

• Words with the same or similar ending sounds

• The beat and pattern of the poem

• Giving a human characteristic to something not human

• Intentionally repeating the same beginning sound of words

What is onomatopoeia?

• A phrase that compares two unlike things

• Intentionally repeating the same beginning sound of words

• Words that imitate sounds in writing

• A phrase that compares two things using 'like' or 'as'

What does personification mean?

• Words that imitate sounds in writing

• The beat and pattern of the poem

• Giving a human characteristic or quality to something not human

• Words with the same or similar ending sounds

Which of the following is an example of a simile?

• The stars danced playfully in the moonlit sky

• The wind whispered through the trees

• She is as brave as a lion

• The computer screen was a window to the world

Which of the following is an example of alliteration?

• He was a lion in battle

• Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers

• The sun smiled down on us

• The leaves danced in the wind

Which of the following is an example of onomatopoeia?

• Life is a rollercoaster

• Time is a thief

• The cake was as sweet as sugar

• The bees buzzed by the brook