Poetry Vocabulary

The repetition of words with the same beginning sound.

• imagery

• simile

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

Two or more words that have the same ending sound.

• simile

• metaphor

• stanza

• rhyme

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

• stanza

• line

• rhyme

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

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

• onomatopoeia

• personification

• hyperbole

• imagery

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

• simile

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• rhyme

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

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

• simile

• metaphor

• pesonification

• imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

Using the same word or phrase over and over again.

• imagery

• stanza

• repetition

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.3A

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

• rhyme

• personification

• alliteration

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.4A

CCSS.L.4.6

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

• personification

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

• imagery

Tags

CCSS.W.4.3D

Words that sound like the objects or actions they refer to.

• repetition

• personification

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration