1. Poetry Terms
Nadia Hudson

2. The repetition of words.
Alliteration
The repetition of words.

3. Two lines of a verse that form a unit alone or as part of a poem.
Couplet
Two lines of a verse that form a unit alone or as part of a poem.

4. Hyperbole
An exaggeration.

5. Describing something so the reader can picture it in their head.
Imagery
Describing something so the reader can picture it in their head.

6. Comparing two or more things without using the words “like” or “as”.
Metaphor
Comparing two or more things without using the words “like” or “as”.

7. The pattern of rhyming lines in a poem or in a verse of a poem.
Rhyme Scheme
The pattern of rhyming lines in a poem or in a verse of a poem.

8. Internal Rhyme
A rhyme in which one of the rhyming words is within the line if poetry and the other is at the end of the same line or within the next line.

9. The use of rhyme at the ends of poetry.
End Rhyme
The use of rhyme at the ends of poetry.

10. The imitation of sound in words.
Onomatopoeia
The imitation of sound in words.

11. Giving non-living things human characteristics.
Personification
Giving non-living things human characteristics.

12. An act of doing something again.
Repetition
An act of doing something again.

13. Comparing two or more things using the words “like” or “as”.
Simile
Comparing two or more things using the words “like” or “as”.

14. Stanza
The division of a poem.

15. Pun
A play on words.

16. A poetic stanza of 3 lines.
Triplet
A poetic stanza of 3 lines.

17. Verse
A section of a poem consisting a number of lines arranged together to form a single unit.

18. Assonance
The similarity of 2 or more vowel sounds or the repetition of 2 or more consonant sounds.

19. A short poem with 3 unrhymed lines of 5, 7, and 5 syllables.
Haiku
A short poem with 3 unrhymed lines of 5, 7, and 5 syllables.

20. Ballad
Telling a story in a number of short regular stanzas, often with a refrain.

21. Ode
A lyric poem, usually expressing exalted emotion in a complex scheme of rhyme and meter.

22. Epic
A long narrative poem.

23. A poem written in elegiac couplets or stanzas.
Elegy
A poem written in elegiac couplets or stanzas.

24. Quatrain
A verse of poetry consisting of 4 lines, especially one with lines that rhyme alternately.

25. Allusion