Poem Vocabulary

Use of the same consonant at the beginning of each word

ex. Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers

• Assonance

• Allitaration

• Consonence

• Alliteration

Comparison that doesn't use "like" or "as"

• Simile

• Assonance

• Metaphor

• Ballad

Assonance

• Incongruity between what might be expected and what occurs

• When two words are put together and contradict one another

• The repetition of similar vowels in successive words

• When pigs fly

The property of sounding harmonious

• Connotation

• Consonance

• Callisation

• Donaly

The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words in a line of poetry is known as:

• Assonance

• Alliteration

• Consonance

• Rhyme

A comparison that uses 'like' or 'as' is called:

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole

The repetition of vowel sounds in nearby words is called:

• Consonance

• Alliteration

• Assonance

• Onomatopoeia

What is the term for a direct comparison between two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Analogy

• Hyperbole

Which term describes the use of words that imitate the sounds they describe?

• Onomatopoeia

• Alliteration

• Assonance

• Metaphor

What is the term for giving human characteristics to non-human things?

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Simile

• Hyperbole