Poetry Words

imagery

• Repetition of sounds at the end of words

• Description that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste)

• A comparison using "like" or "as"

onomatopoeia

• extended to full length

• A word that imitates the sound it represents.

• inventive, imaginative

stanza

• the giving of human qualities to an animal, object, or idea

• A word that imitates the sound it represents.

• A group of lines in a poem

personification

• the giving of human qualities to an animal, object, or idea

• A word that imitates the sound it represents.

• inventive, imaginative

What does 'stanza' mean the same as in poetry?

• Verse

• Punctuation

• Title

• Character

Comparing two things that are similar by using the words 'like' or 'as'

• Alliteration

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

The tired tiger's tattered tail

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

The town was buzzing like a bee hive

• Simile

• Stanza

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

Using words that suggest a sound

• Simile

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

• Metaphor

Bang, hiss, zip etc are examples of

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Adjectives

• Onomatopoeia