Spelling Bee
Poetry Terms - A
Poetry Terms - B
A Long Walk to Water
Synonyms
100
Continual change.
What is "fluctuation"?
100
A figure of speech that directly compares two things with connecting words.
What is "simile"?
100
A comparison of two things without using "like" or "as."
What is a "metaphor"?
100
Earnest and serious.
What is "solemn"?
100
"Swerve" is a synonym for this vocab word.
What is "veer"?
200
To meditate or think something over.
What is "ruminate"?
200
A short, unrhymed Japanese poetic form with a total of seventeen syllables.
What is "haiku"?
200
A word that imitates the sound it represents.
What is "onomatopoeia"?
200
A very large quantity of something; more than enough.
What is an "abundance"?
200
"Fume" is a synonym for this vocab word.
What is "seethe"?
300
To be in a state or agitation or anger.
What is "seethe"?
300
Repetition of the consonant sounds at the beginnings of words.
What is "alliteration"?
300
Words that rhyme exactly, such as "sat" and "cat."
What is "perfect rhyme"?
300
Turn sharply; change direction.
What is to "veer"?
300
"Ponder" is a synonym for this vocab word.
What is "ruminate"?
400
A desire to return to the happiness of a former time or place.
What is "nostalgia"?
400
A single row of words in a poem.
What is a "line"?
400
Words or phrases selected to create a specific picture in the reader's mind (often using sensory details).
What is "imagery"?
400
Slow-moving or lacking in energy; lazy.
What is "sluggish"?
400
"Plentifulness" is a synonym for this vocab word.
What is "abundance"?
500
Involving an extremely important decision or result.
What is "crucial"?
500
Words with very similar but not identical sounds, such as "dumb" and "dung."
What is "near rhyme" or "slant rhyme"?
500
A group of lines in a poem, separated by space from other groups.
What is a "stanza"?
500
Very thin, especially from disease or hunger.
What is "emaciated"?
500
"Gaunt" is a synonym for this vocab word.
What is "emaciated"?
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