Name: ______________________________ Date:_______________________________
POETIC TERMS - NOTES
WORD
DEFINITION
EXAMPLE
Alliteration
Onomatopoeia
Simile
Metaphor
Hyperbole
Personification
Apostrophe
Assonance
i) _______________________
John Jenkins juggles jellybeans.
ii) _______________________ I was so sick I thought I was going to die!
iii) _______________________ The storm crept up the coast.
iv) _______________________ She was as slow as a snail.
v) _______________________ The basketball player was a raging bull on the court.
vi) _______________________ The dish fell with a loud crash.
Name: ______________________________ Date:_______________________________
vii) _______________________ The moon in June is a big balloon.
viii) ______________________ Oh foul seas! Be calm!
ix) ______________________
The cat was a sly prowler.
x) _______________________ Crazy Karen counts carrots.
xi) _______________________ The mouse squeaked.
xii) ______________________ She sat on the mat by the cat which was fat.
xiv) ______________________ His love was like the sun on a cloudy day.
xv) ______________________ Oh Winter! Why do you have to be so brutal?
xvi) ______________________ I must have called her a thousand times!
Children's Story - Poetic Terms
In your groups, read at least three to five different children's stories. For each story, find out
how many times certain poetic terms are used (use check marks).
STORY TITLE: _______________________________________________
AUTHOR: ___________________________________________________
POETIC TERMS:
Alliteration - _____________
Similie - _____________
Metaphor - _______________
Onomatopoeia- _________________
Hyperbole - _______________
Personification - _________________
Apostrophe - _______________
Assonance - _____________________
STORY TITLE: _______________________________________________
AUTHOR: ___________________________________________________
POETIC TERMS:
Alliteration - _____________
Similie - _____________
Metaphor - _______________
Onomatopoeia- _________________
Hyperbole - _______________
Personification - _________________
Apostrophe - _______________
Assonance - _____________________
Name: ______________________________ Date:_______________________________
STORY TITLE: _______________________________________________
AUTHOR: ___________________________________________________
POETIC TERMS:
Alliteration - _____________
Similie - _____________
Metaphor - _______________
Onomatopoeia- _________________
Hyperbole - _______________
Personification - _________________
Apostrophe - _______________
Assonance - _____________________
STORY TITLE: _______________________________________________
AUTHOR: ___________________________________________________
POETIC TERMS:
Alliteration - _____________
Similie - _____________
Metaphor - _______________
Onomatopoeia- _________________
Hyperbole - _______________
Personification - _________________
Apostrophe - _______________
Assonance - _____________________
STORY TITLE: _______________________________________________
AUTHOR: ___________________________________________________
POETIC TERMS:
Alliteration - _____________
Similie - _____________
Metaphor - _______________
Onomatopoeia- _________________
Hyperbole - _______________
Personification - _________________
Apostrophe - _______________
Assonance - _____________________