Vocabulary
Internal Rhyme
Simile or Metaphor
Alliteration or Personification
Vocabulary 2
100
The naming of something with a word whose sound suggests the thing itself. Example Boom! Bang! Buzz!
What is onomatopoeia?
100
For the moon never beams without bringing me dreams
What is beams and dreams?
100
The earth was a slow-moving car.
What is a metaphor?
100
The earth moved under my feet.
What is is personification?
100
When the final stressed vowel and all following sounds are identical.
What is complete rhyme?
200
A group of lines within a poem.
What is stanza?
200
And the stars never rise but I feel the bright eyes
What is rise and eyes?
200
Listening to Mya sing is like hearing a voice from heaven.
What is a simile?
200
Carrie's cat clawed her couch, creating chaos.
What is alliteration?
200
Giving human characteristics to something that is not human.
What is personification?
300
Bits of information that you collect through your five senses.
What is sensory detail?
300
And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side
What is tide and side?
300
As phony as a three-dollar bill
What is a simile?
300
The juicy steak called my name.
What is personification?
300
When words start with the same sound.
What is alliteration?
400
When a writer uses very descriptive language, sometimes figurative language (like similes, metaphors, and personification) to appeal to all of your senses
What is imagery?
400
The fair breeze blew, the white foam flew.
What is blew and flew?
400
The snow is a white blanket.
What is a metaphor?
400
Sara’s seven sisters slept soundly in the sand.
What is alliteration?
400
When the final stressed vowel and all following sounds are not identical.
What is partial rhyme?
500
Language that uses words or expressions with a meaning that is different from the literal interpretation.
What is figurative language?
500
At Number Four to waltz no more.
What is four and more?
500
When I saw Mrs. Rist for the first time, my heart melted like a candy bar in summer.
What is a simile?
500
McGruff said, “Take a bite out of crime.”
What is personification?
500
An exaggeration which may be used for emphasis.
What is hyperbole?
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