Download Block: _____ Poetic devices vocabulary words Part I 1. assonance

Name: ___________________________
Poetic devices vocabulary words
Part I
Block: _____
1. assonance: The repetition of vowel sounds at any place in a series of words
2. alliteration: The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of a series of words
3. onomatopoeia: The use of words that imitate sounds
4. simile: A figure of speech (similar to a metaphor) that makes an indirect comparison between
two unlike things using either like or as
5. metaphor: A direct comparison of two unlike things often using linking verbs such as: am, is,
was, were
6. hyperbole: Deliberate exaggeration
7. personification: When a non-living object has been given qualities of a person
8. rhyme scheme: The pattern of rhyme between lines of a poem. It is referred to by using letters
to indicate which lines rhyme. Lines designated with the same letter all rhyme with each other
9. stanza: A group of lines in a poem, considered as a unit. Many poems are divided into stanzas
that are separated by spaces. They function similarly to paragraphs
10. haiku: A three-line poem that originated from Japan, often about nature, with a syllable
pattern of 5, 7, 5
Name: ___________________________
Block: _____
Word Bank
assonance
alliteration
onomatopoeia
haiku
simile
metaphor
hyperbole
personification
rhyme scheme
stanza
Fill in the blank
1. The ______________________ of one of my favorite poems, Casey at the Bat, is A-A-B-B for the
each of the 18 stanzas.
2. The jingle for Kellogg’s Rice Krispies is “Snap, Crackle, Pop,” which is also an example of
______________________.
3. A ______________________is a group of lines in a poem, considered as a unit. They function
similarly to paragraphs.
4. “The bees played hide and seek with the flowers as they buzzed from one to another.” This is
an example of ______________________.
5. “I kicked the cooler to the curb near the kangaroo,” is an example of ______________________.
6. ______________________ poetry primarily focuses on nature, and follows a regimented 5-7-5
syllable pattern with its three lines.
7. Alliteration, and ______________________, both incorporate the repetition of sounds.
Alliteration focuses on consonant sounds, while this word focuses on vowel sounds.
8. Similes are similar to ______________________because both make indirect comparisons to two
unlike things. But unlike similes, this example uses linking verbs.
9. “Are you serious? How much homework do we have? It’ll take me a year to complete all of these
assignments,” is an example of ______________________.
10. This sentence is an example of a ______________________. “When she gets embarrassed, her
face turns as red as an apple.”