Poetry Vocab

A beat, or sound pattern, and feel of the poem is called the ________.

• Rhythm

• Tone

• Theme

• Meter

The space between stanzas are called ________ __________.

• Line-break

• Verse gap

• Stanza space

• Poetic pause

______________ is when lines or words are repeated to stress importance.

• Repetition

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

• Simile

A word that imitates the sound it represents, like “buzz” and “thud” is called __________________________.

• Onomatopoeia

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Alliteration

A group of lines (paragraph) within a poem are called ______________________.

• Stanza

• Verse

• Chapter

Words that create images that appeal to the senses is called ______________.

• Imagery

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

Words with the same ending sounds are words that ______________.

• Rhyme

• Alliterate

• Synonym

A phrase or sentence in a single row is called a _______________.

• Line

• Paragraph

• Page

• Chapter

A comparison of two things by saying one thing is another thing.

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Analogy

A human trait given to a non human object.

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Hyperbole