Poetry Vocab

Words that sound like the objects or actions they refer to

• Onomatopoeia

• literacy

• personification

• sound effects

The repetition of words with the same beginning sound

• rhyme

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

• alliteration

Two or more words that have the same ending sound

• alliteration

• repetition

• rhyme

• imagery

Language that suggests how someone or something looks, sounds, feels, smells or tastes; helps create a mental picture of your mind as you read.

• figurative language

• imagery

• simile

• stanza

To make something seem larger or more important than it really is; an exaggeration.

• hyperbole

• simile

• epitome

• geometry

A figure of speech in which objects are given human qualities.

• repetition

• personification

• human stuff

• alliteration

Using the same word or phrase over and over again.

• repetition

• alliteration

• personification

• competition

A figure of speech comparing two things using like or as.

• metaphor

• simile

• hyperbole

• imagery

A division of a poe, consisting of a series of lines arranged together usually in a repeating pattern of rhythm and rhyme.

• paragraph

• sentence

• stanza

• chapter

A figure of speech in comparing two things by stating that one this is another thing.

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• comparision