Vocabulary
A person who writes poetry.
What is a poet?
In a poem, a word or row of words that may or may not form a complete sentence.
What is a line?
A comparison of two unlike things using the words "like" or "as"
What is a simile?
Wind swirled around our beach house whistling loudly to a terrible tune.
What is sound?
Without my glasses, I am as blind as a bat!
What is a simile?
What is imagery?
This is a group of lines in a poem.
What is a stanza?
A word that imitates the sound it represents
What is onomatopoeia?
The sharp edge of the paper cut my finger and made it sting.
What is touch?
The cannon went boom! Boom! Boom!
What is onomatopoeia?
When a writer repeats sounds, words, or ideas for effect or to emphasize something
What is repetition?
This is the word for the message or lesson of a poem.
What is theme?
A comparison of two unlike things without using the words "like" or "as"
What is a metaphor?
My eyes seek a cool, shady spot beneath looming oak trees. Their thick brown bark and flowing leaves fall like rain around me as the sun peeks between the limbs.
What is sight?
Do you like green eggs and ham,
I do not like them, Sam-I-Am
What is end rhyme?
This is the phrase for the rhyme pattern in a poem.
What is a rhyme scheme?
The attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character
What is the tone?
When a writer gives human qualities to an animal, object, or idea
What is personification?
The gooey white cheese spilled from my slice and oozed onto my plate. Salty and spicy pepper flakes filled my tongue
What is taste?
Smoke mysteriously puffed out from the clown's ears.
What is imagery?
a 2 line poem where each line's ending words rhyme
What is a couplet?
A strong, regular, repeated pattern of sound; makes a poem sound musical
What is rhythm?
The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words.
What is alliteration?
The sparkling scent filled the room when my father opened the hot oven. Rich, drippy cinnamon-scented apples oozed beneath a crisp, buttery crust.
What is smell?
It's raining cats and dogs.
What is idiom?