Unit 5: Poem unit: Spelling/ Vocab terms Flashcards
repetition of the initial consonants of words
Alliteration
All-it-er-ation
a poem without predictable rhyme, rhythm, or length of line or stanza
Free Verse
excessive exaggeration to make a point
Hyperbole
the use of vivid words that appeal to the reader’s senses of sight, smell, sound, taste, and touch
Imagery
Image-ry
a comparison of two dissimilar things that implies some sort of equality between the things
Metaphor
a word that makes the sound of the action it describes
Onomatopoeia
On-o-mat-o-poe-ia
a comparison that gives human qualities to inanimate objects
Personification
Person-if-i-cation
the pattern of the end rhymes in a poem
Rhyme scheme
Rhyme sc-he-me
a comparison of two dissimilar things that uses “like” or “as”
Simile
the narrator of a poem
Speaker
a group of lines of poetry, usually similar in length and pattern
Stanza
something in a poem that stands for something larger than itself
Symbol
