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Elements of Poetry Vocabulary
Figurative Language Vocabulary
Simile or Metaphor
Figurative Language
What does it mean?
100
The feeling the author is trying to convey.
What is mood.
100
A comparison of two unlike things using "like" or "as".
What is simile.
100
After a long week of rain and floods, Deanna was relieved when the weatherman said Halloween would be as dry as a bone.
What is simile.
100
Grandma's hair was as soft as feathers.
What is simile.
100

Shades of gray surround my eyes, No color in my life- Oh how I try Rain clouds above my head I just want to stay in bed

sadness, depressed, death in the family

200
The author's message or lesson to be learned.
What is theme.
200
Repeating the same beginning sound in more than two words.
What is alliteration.
200
After a long night of trick or treating, Carolyn slept like a dog.
What is a simile.
200
His words were a sharp sword.
What is metaphor.
200

In winter I get up at night And dress by yellow candle-light. In summer, quite the other way, I have to go to bed by day. I have to go to bed and see The birds still hopping on the tree, Or hear the grown-up people's feet Still going past me in the street. And does it not seem hard to you, When all the sky is clear and blue, And I should like so much to play, To have to go to bed by day?

having to go to bed when it is still daytime out when the seasons change

300
Words with the same ending sounds.
What is rhyme.
300
Words that sound like the object or actions they refer to.
What is onomatopoeia.
300
Mom was a busy bee preparing for the Halloween party.
What is a metaphor.
300
The flowers begged for water.
What is personification.
300

The lightning and thunder They go and come; But the stars and the stillness Are always at home.

home is safe and calm

400
Words or phrases that are repeated.
What is repetition.
400
Giving non-human objects human qualities.
What is personification.
400
My face turned ghostly white when I saw the terrifying haunted house in front of me.
What is metaphor.
400
If I don't have that toy, I'll die!
What is hyperbole.
400

The Story of Fidgety Philip ~Heinrich Hoffman "Let me see if Philip can Be a little gentleman; Let me see if he is able To sit still for once at table:" Thus Papa bade Phil behave; And Mamma looked very grave. But fidgety Phil, He won't sit still; He wriggles, And giggles, And then, I declare, Swings backwards and forwards, And tilts up his chair, Just like any rocking-horse- "Philip! I am getting cross!" See the naughty, restless child Growing still more rude and wild, Till his chair falls over quite. Philip screams with all his might, Catches at the cloth, but then That makes matters worse again. Down upon the ground they fall, Glasses, plates, knives, forks, and all. How Mamma did fret and frown, When she saw them tumbling down! And Papa made such a face! Philip is in sad disgrace. Where is Philip, where is he? Fairly covered up you see! Cloth and all are lying on him; He has pulled down all upon him. What a terrible to-do! Dishes, glasses, snapped in two! Here a knife, and there a fork! Philip, this is cruel work. Table all so bare, and ah! Poor Papa, and poor Mamma Look quire cross, and wonder how They shall have their dinner now.

you should listen and behave or something bad may happen

500
The number of syllables in a line and how they are accented creates the poems "beat" or rhythm.
What is meter.
500
A comparison between two unlike things without using "like" or "as".
What is metaphor.
500
The glitter on Sophia's mermaid costume was like a thousand stars shimmering.
What is simile.
500
The wind screamed through the trees.
What is personification.
500

At the Seaside When I was down beside the sea A wooden spade they gave to me To dig the sandy shore. My holes were empty like a cup, In every hole the sea came up, Till it could come no more.

~Robert Louis Stevenson

digging in the sand at the beach