Figurative Language and Poetry Terms

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Imagery

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Imagery includes figurative and metaphorical language to improve the reader's experience through their senses.

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Free Verse Poem

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An open form of poetry which does not use consistent meter patterns, rhyme, or any musical pattern. It thus tends to follow the rhythm of natural speech.

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Connotation

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The use of a word to suggest a different association than its literal meaning.

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Epic Poem

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A long, often book-length, narrative in verse form that retells the heroic journey of a single person or a group of persons.

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Alliteration

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A literary technique when two or more words are linked that share the same first consonant sound, such as 'fish fry.'

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Personification

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A figure of speech in which human qualities are attributed to animals, inanimate objects, or abstract concepts.

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Metaphor

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A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'.

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Simile

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A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'.

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Onomatopoeia

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A word that phonetically imitates, resembles, or suggests the sound that it describes.

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Hyperbole

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An exaggerated statement or claim that is not meant to be taken literally.