Poetry Terms

8. A pattern of rhyme that occurs at the end of each line. Words that rhyme get the same letter and words that do not rhyme get a different letter.
9. Words that imitate the sound they are naming or another sound.
10. Extreme exaggeration for emphasis to stress something.
11. Japanese poem written in 3 lines. Syllable pattern of 5,7,5
12. The author of the poem.
13. A short musical poem. Usually written in first person point of view that expresses an emotion, idea, or describes a scene.
15. A group of lines arranged together like tiny paragraphs.
16. The beat created by the sounds of the words in the poem. Rhythm is created by meter, rhyme, alliteration, sound devices and refrain.
17. Comparison of two things using like or as.

1. A type of literature that expresses ideas, feelings, or tells a story in a specific form.
2. When a word at the end of one line rhymes with a word at the end of another line.
3. A more modern type of poetry that does not have to rhyme or have a certain poetic form.
4. Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words.
5. A direct comparison of two unlike things using IS
6. The words are arranged to create a picture that relates to the content of the poem.
7. Giving human qualities to a non-human object.
14. Words that sound alike because they share the same ending vowel and consonant sounds. A word always rhymes with itself.