Poetry Terms! Study to prepare for MAP, high school, college, and life!

Question 1

alliteration

Answer 1

repeated beginning consonant sounds

Question 2

metaphor

Answer 2

a comparison in which one thing is used to represent something that is different. This type of comparison does not use the words “like” or “as.”

Question 3

onomatopoeia (ah-no-mah-toe-pee-uh)

Answer 3

Words that sound like the sound they make.

Examples: Pop, swoosh, bang, gurgle, slap, buzz.

Question 4

personification

Answer 4

Giving human qualities to non-human animals or objects.

Examples: The green plant drinks the sun’s rays. The tree screamed in pain as it was chopped down.

Question 5

repetition

Answer 5

Repeated words for effect.
Example: Hop, munches, hop, munches; the rabbit knows no danger.
A refrain is a repeated line found throughout a poem, usually in the same place in each stanza.

Question 6

rhyme

Answer 6

Repeated ending sounds.

Examples: Cold, fold, bold, told, rolled, scold. Tea, bee, free, see.

Question 7

simile

Answer 7

Comparing two things that are different using the words “like” or “as.” Examples: The eagle flies as high as a skyscraper. Her laughter tinkled like a bell.

Question 8

stanza

Answer 8

: A group of lines in a poem, like a paragraph.

Question 9

hyperbole

Answer 9

A figure of speech which uses a deliberate exaggeration (e.g., “I have told you a million times”).