Home
FAQ
About
Log in
Subscribe now
30-day free trial
Java Games:
Matching, concentration, word search, and flashcards.
Poetry Terms with Examples
Match the poetry term with its correct example.
Tools
Copy this to my account
E-mail to a friend
Find other activities
Start over
Return to class page
Help
A
B
alliteration
"The rapids ran roughly over the rocks."
assonance
"I don't know why she won't buy the trifle."
consonance
"He determined to undo the radical changes."
couplet
"I have looked down the saddest city lane/And dropped my eyes, unwilling to explain."
enjambment
"When far away an interrupted cry/Came over houses from another street."
internal rhyme
"The sound of a whine echoed from time to time."
onomatopoeia
"someone gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door . . ."
simile
"Is the soul solid like iron?"
metaphor
"I am drifting cloud."
personification
"The light wrapped its arms around me gently."