Poetry Terms

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What is a metaphor?

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A figure of speech that makes a direct comparison between two unlike things, suggesting that one is the other.

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What is personification?

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A literary device that gives human qualities to non-human or non-living things.

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What is hyperbole?

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An exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally, used for emphasis or effect.

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What is alliteration?

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The repetition of the same initial consonant sounds in a sequence of words.

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What is a simile?

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A figure of speech that compares two different things using the words 'like' or 'as'.

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What are lines in poetry?

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Lines are the individual rows of words in a poem, which can be a single word, a sentence, or part of a sentence.

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What is an idiom?

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A phrase or expression that has a figurative meaning different from its literal meaning.

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What is rhyme?

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The repetition of similar sounds at the end of lines in poetry.

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What is a stanza?

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A grouped set of lines in a poem, often separated by a space from other stanzas.

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What is imagery in poetry?

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Descriptive language that appeals to the senses and creates mental images.