Poetry Terms

Repetition of beginning consonant sounds

• Alliteration
• Consonance
• Enjambment
• Metaphor

Repetition of vowel sounds

• Alliteration
• Assonance
• Hyperbole
• Imagery

Repetition of consonant sounds within a word

• Consonance
• Assonance
• Paradox
• Alliteration

What are the following an examples of?

Philadelphia Flyers, Ms. McGuffin, green grass, wonderful win

• Alliteration

• Assonance

• Personification

• Symbol

What are the following an examples of?
Fleet feet sweep, last laugh

• Assonance
• Hyperbole
• Symbolism
• Simile

The following is an example of what?
Pitter patter

• Consonance
• Rhyme Scheme
• Slant Rhyme
• Symbol

Extreme exaggeration; can't possibly be true

• Hyperbole
• Imagery
• Caesura
• Assonance

What is this an example of?
I have 18 hours of homework tonight.

• Hyperbole
• Imagery
• Assonance
• Parallel Structure

Words that appeal to or evoke the senses

• Imagery
• Parallel Structure
• Metaphor
• Personification

What is the following an example of?
The boy was so bored by the lesson, he was pulling his hair out.

• Hyperbole
• Similie
• Onomatopoeia
• Personification