Poetry Terms

a beginning consonant sound that repeats in a series of words. (ex. Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers)

• Alliteration

• Assonance

• Onomatopoeia

• Consonance

a word that makes the same or similar sound to the sound it is describing.

• Onomatopoeia

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Alliteration

a vowel sound that repeats in a series of words. (The green string was in a tree)

• Alliteration

• Assonance

• Consonance

• Onomatopoeia

a group of lines in a poem that create one unit; usually separated from other units by a blank line.

• Stanza

• Verse

• Couplet

• Canto

giving human characteristics or abilities to an object or idea.

• Anthropomorphism

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Allegory

How many stanzas does this poem have?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

a consonant sound at the end of a word that repeats in a series of words. (Go past the first post in the forest.)

• Consonance

• Alliteration

• Assonance

• Dissonance

a short, 3 line poem about something in nature; the first line has 5 syllables, second line has 7 syllables, and third line has 5 syllables; uses language that appeals to the 5 senses

• Haiku

• Sonnet

• Limerick

• Acrostic

Does this poem have a regular rhythm?

• Yes

• No

• Sometimes

• It depends on the reader

What poetic element is used in the underlined part of the poem? “Hope” is the thing with feathers -

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Personification