onomatopoeiawords thatsound likethe objectsor actionsthey refer toimagerywords andphrases thathelp create amental pictureas you readrhythma patternof soundlike a beatfreeverseFree!stanzaa division ofa poemconsisting ofa series oflinesmetaphora figure of speechcomparing twothings by statingone thing is theotherendrhymewhen therhymesappear atthe end of apoem's linesalliterationthe repetition ofwords with the samebeginning consonantsound example: Peter Piperpicked a peck ofpickled peppers.personificationa figure ofspeech inwhich objectsare givenhuman qualitieshyperboleto makesomething seemlarger or moreimportant than itreally is; anexaggerationFree!repetitionusing thesame wordor phraseover andover againinternalrhymewhen at leastone of therhyming wordsappears insidethe poem's lines.themethemessageor lessonof a storysimilea figure ofspeechcomparing twothings usinglike or asonomatopoeiawords thatsound likethe objectsor actionsthey refer toimagerywords andphrases thathelp create amental pictureas you readrhythma patternof soundlike a beatfreeverseFree!stanzaa division ofa poemconsisting ofa series oflinesmetaphora figure of speechcomparing twothings by statingone thing is theotherendrhymewhen therhymesappear atthe end of apoem's linesalliterationthe repetition ofwords with the samebeginning consonantsound example: Peter Piperpicked a peck ofpickled peppers.personificationa figure ofspeech inwhich objectsare givenhuman qualitieshyperboleto makesomething seemlarger or moreimportant than itreally is; anexaggerationFree!repetitionusing thesame wordor phraseover andover againinternalrhymewhen at leastone of therhyming wordsappears insidethe poem's lines.themethemessageor lessonof a storysimilea figure ofspeechcomparing twothings usinglike or as

Poetry Vocabulary Bingo - Call List

(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.


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N N
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N N
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B
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G
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I I
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B B
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G G
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  1. G-words that sound like the objects or actions they refer to
    G-onomatopoeia
  2. N-words and phrases that help create a mental picture as you read
    N-imagery
  3. N-a pattern of sound like a beat
    N-rhythm
  4. B-free verse
  5. G-Free!
  6. I-a division of a poem consisting of a series of lines
    I-stanza
  7. B-a figure of speech comparing two things by stating one thing is the other
    B-metaphor
  8. I-when the rhymes appear at the end of a poem's lines
    I-end rhyme
  9. B-the repetition of words with the same beginning consonant sound example: Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
    B-alliteration
  10. G-a figure of speech in which objects are given human qualities
    G-personification
  11. I-to make something seem larger or more important than it really is; an exaggeration
    I-hyperbole
  12. B-Free!
  13. I-using the same word or phrase over and over again
    I-repetition
  14. N-when at least one of the rhyming words appears inside the poem's lines.
    N-internal rhyme
  15. N-the message or lesson of a story
    N-theme
  16. G-a figure of speech comparing two things using like or as
    G-simile