Poetry Term Review

the repetition of consonant sounds like in "sally sells sea shells by the sea shore"

• rhythm

• assonance

• alliteration

• rhyme

a group of lines in a poem

• stanza

• line

• paragraph

• block

a line or group of lines repeated regularly in a poem

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• rhyme

• refrain

a comparison of two unlike things using like or as

• metaphor

• imagery

• simile

• personificarion

Match the following terms with their definitions.

• the ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of the lines of a poem

• consonance

• when the meaning of the word is reflected in its sound

• assonance

• the repetition of consonant sounds within words

• onomatopoeia

• the repetition of initial consonant sounds in words

• alliteration

• the repetition of vowel sounds within words

• rhyme scheme

A funny poem with five lines

• Irony

• Rhyme Scheme

• Limerick

• Stanza

It’s cold --and I wait
 For someone to shelter me
And take me from here.
This is an example of a ________ poem.

• narrative

• haiku

• ode

• limerick

giving a non-living thing human or animal characteristics

• hyperbole

• personification

• peoplization

• metaphor

Which should you do first when using TPCASTT to analyze a poem?

• notice the layout of the poem on the page

• determine the theme

• read the title and predict what the poem might be about

• decide the speaker's tone

the repetition of the same vowel and consonant sounds at the ends of words

• rythm

• rhyme

• meter

• metaphor