Vocabulary and Poetry Words

Fill in the blank: _______ means very light color.

• pale

• neon

• dark

• vivid

Fill in the blank: Things that excite make a person feel happy or _______.

• excite

• sad

• angry

• bored

Fill in the blank: _______ means outside and not inside a building.

• outdoors

• inside

• upstairs

• downstairs

Fill in the blank: _______ are small amounts of liquid that fall in a round shape.

• drop

• drips

• splashes

• streams

Fill in the blank: _______ is repeating the same beginning sound in words.

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

In a _______ poem, the words do not need to rhyme.

• free verse

• sonnet

• haiku

• limerick

Fill in the blank: Poets who repeat words or phrases in a poem are using _______.

• repetition

• alliteration

• metaphor

• imagery

Fill in the blank: A _______ is when you compare two things using the words like or as.

• simile

• metaphor

• analogy

• hyperbole