Poetry and Figurative Language Vocabulary

A direct comparison of 2 unlike things NOT using like or as.

• metaphor

• simile

• hyperbole

• rhyme

The repetition of initial consonant sounds in multiple words in a line of poetry is called _________________________.

• alliteration

• assonance

• internal rhyme

• haiku

When a word imitates the sound it represents, this is called _______________________. Examples include: swish!, crash!, bang!, and buzz!

• alliteration

• assonance

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts or attitudes.

• alliteration

• hyperbole

• personification

• assonance

A two-syllable rhyme is called _____________.

• single rhyme

• double rhyme

• triple rhyme

• dual rhyme

A comparison between two unlike things "using like or as" is called ______________________.

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• assonance

A one-syllable rhyme in a poem is called ______________.

• double rhyme

• single rhyme

• triple rhyme

• Uno-rhyme

Repetition of "vowel" sounds within multiple words in a line of poetry is called __________________.

• alliteration

• assonance

• hyperbole

• rhyme

A poem that contains 3 unrhymed lines (5,7, and 5 syllables long) usually focusing on the theme of nature.

• haiku poem

• concrete poem

• erasure poem

• limerick

A three-syllable rhyme in a line of poetry is called ______________.

• single rhyme

• a Tres rhyme

• triple rhyme

• double rhyme