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a. The repeating sounds, words, phrases,

Poetry Vocabulary Quiz or whole lines to single them out from

the rest of the poem
b. A word stands for something beyond
_____1. Alliteration
itself
_____2. Free verse
c. The feeling that you get from reading
_____3. Imagery
d. The use of a word that sounds like the
_____4. Line Breaks
word it describes
_____5. Metaphor
e. A phrase that compares two unlike
_____6. Mood
things using “like” or “as”
_____7. Onomatopoeia
f. A direct comparison of two unlike things
_____8. Personification
that share one quality in common
_____9. Poetry
g. Human qualities given to an animal,
_____10. Prose
idea or object
_____11. Repetition
h. The matching of final vowel sounds in
_____12. Rhyme
two or more words
_____13. Rhythm
i. The beat of the poem
_____14. Simile
j. The repeating of beginning consonant
_____15. Stanza
sounds in a phrase
_____16. Symbolism
k. The creation of detailed pictures using
sensory details
l. The natural form of communication; like
ordinary speech writing
m. A way of communicating emotions or
ideas using refined language,
symbolism and verses
n. The poet decides to go to a new line in
the middle of a sentence
o. A section of a poem that is entirely one
thought
p. A type of poem that does not have
rhyme or rhythm