Poetry Vocabulary

Front

What do we call each single line of a poem?

Back

line

Front

What do we call the "paragraph" in each poem?

Back

stanza

Front

Words that have the same ending sounds

Back

rhyme

Front

Words that have the same beginning sounds

Back

alliteration

Front

Words that represent sounds: rhyme, alliteration, onomatopoeia, metaphor

Back

onomatopoeia

Front

A comparison between two things using like or as

Back

simile

Front

A comparison saying something is something else

Back

metaphor

Front

A phrase with a hidden meaning

Back

idiom

Front

An exaggeration

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hyperbole

Front

"I'm so hungry I could eat a horse"

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hyperbole