Poetry Terms Review

writing that has a particular rhythm to it; a specific section of a poem

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.

Words that sound similar at the end.

Cat, Hat, Sat

This is the worst day of my life.

an exaggeration used for emphasis or humor.

a recurring idea expressed in the poem

when you give an animal or object qualities or abilities that only a human can have.

What is this an example of: My teacher is a dragon

My alarm clock yells at me to get out of bed every morning.

She is bright as the sun.

a comparison of two things using like or as

using figurative words to create a visio in the mind's eye of people, places, things, or ideas.

repeating pattern of sounds of words

repetition of sounds, specifically beginning sounds.

a group of lines that are like paragraphs in a poem

words that imitate the sounds they describe

Bang! Crash!

The classroom was a zoo.

A group of phrases that form divisions in a poem