Poetry Elements Vocabulary
Repetition of two or more sounds
What is rhyme?
It was raining cats and dogs!
What is a hyperbole?
Sally sold sea shells at the sea shed
What is alliteration?
There I can see
Beyond the shore
The boat is thee
Beyond the shore
I can see
What is repetition?
Two or more lines that are the same
What is repetition?
She ran as fast as a cheetah!
What is a smile?
Sizzle! I could smell that bacon in the pan.
What is onomatopoeia?
The wave is coming
It is near
Run as fast as you can
Or you will drear
What is rhyme?
Boom! She dropped her pumpkin on Lyndon's head
What is onomatopoeia?
O the land I call home
Quiet like the night
There stood my house
What is simile?
The message that the poem is trying to convey
What is theme?
O the girl, she came to the castle
So nervous, she was a statue
Then she talked, and O what changed
What is a metaphor?
My head started spinning
O what do I do?
My head was a rock
What is a metaphor?
I must encourage
You must go
Go for your dreams
Reach for the stars
What is theme?
The number of syllables in the poem
What is meter?
The wind rushed around me
screaming as it tore through the house
I wondered, is there anything left?
What is personification?
The night was coming
It was so hot you could see the sweat in the air
I hope cooler temperatures are in the air
What is a hyperbole?
The wave is coming
It is near
Run as fast as you can
Or you will drear
(18 syllables)
What is meter?