Poetry Terms #1
A comparison that uses like or as.
What is a simile?
The repetition of the same sound at the beginning of words.
What is alliteration?
Poets make pets of pretty words.
What is alliteration?
All I could hear was drip, drip, drip.
What is onomatopoeia?
A comparison that does NOT use like or as.
What is a metaphor?
When two words sound similar but do not rhyme exactly.
What is slant rhyme?
My dad is older than dirt.
What is hyperbole?
The cafeteria is a zoo today!
What is a metaphor?
An extreme exaggeration
What is hyperbole?
A common expression that doesn't make sense when you take it literally.
What is an idiom?
Noah is as brave as a lion.
What is a simile?
I hate to turn up out of the blue uninvited
What is an idiom?
A word that imitates a sound
What is onomatopoeia?
When something stands for or represents something more than its literal meaning.
What is a symbol/symbolism?
Love is a battlefield.
What is a metaphor?
She sells seashells down by the seashore.
What is alliteration/assonance/consonance? (All three of these are used!)
When words rhyme within a line of poetry instead of at the end.
What is internal rhyme?
A references to a well-known person, place, event, etc.
What is an allusion?
The sun smiled at me.
What is personification?
I was worried my nose would grow like Pinocchio's
Several in this one! Get an extra $100 if you can name TWO devices.
What is simile/allusion/assonance/slant rhyme/internal rhyme?