Read the following definitions of vocabulary associated with poetry. When you have
checked that you understand all of the definitions, use the poetry books provided to
find an example line from a poem to demonstrate the tool being used (except syllable).
Alliteration: two or more words starting with the same sound
Assonance: repetition of vowel sounds
Imagery: use of language to create a vivid image
Internal rhyme: placement of rhyming words within a line of poetry
Metaphor: where the writer writes about something as if it were really something else
Onomatopoeia: when a word sounds like the noise it is describing
Personification: language describing human action, motivation and emotion is used but is
referring to non-human things
Rhyme: words with similar sounds
Simile: describes something by comparing it to something else using like or as
Syllable: a word or part of a word that has one separate sound when you say it.
Complete the following definitions of vocabulary associated with poetry. When you have
completed all of the definitions, use the poetry books provided to find an example line
from a poem to demonstrate the tool being used (except syllable).
Alliteration: two or more _______ starting with the same ________
Assonance: repetition of _______ sounds
Imagery: use of language to create a ____________
Internal rhyme: placement of __________ _______ within a line of poetry.
Metaphor: where the writer writes about something as if it were really _________ ______.
Onomatopoeia: when a word sounds like the _________ it is describing
Personification: language describing human action, motivation and emotion is used but is
referring to ____________ ___________
Rhyme: words with similar _________
Simile: describes something by comparing it to something else using ______ or ______
Syllable: a word or part of a word that has one separate _________ when you say it.
Complete the following definitions of vocabulary associated with poetry. When you have
completed all of the definitions, use the poetry books provided to find an example line
from a poem to demonstrate the tool being used (except syllable).
Alliteration:
Assonance:
Imagery:
Internal rhyme:
Metaphor:
Onomatopoeia:
Personification:
Rhyme:
Simile:
Syllable: