Poetry

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What is imagery?

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Imagery is a literary device that engages the human senses (sight, sound, smell, taste, touch) to create vivid descriptions in poetry.

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What is alliteration?

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Alliteration is a literary device where the same sound occurs at the beginning of closely placed words, such as in 'Max's marvelous muffins'.

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What does hyperbole mean?

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Hyperbole is an exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally, used for emphasis or effect.

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What is personification?

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Personification is a literary device that gives human traits or emotions to non-human things.

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What is rhythm in poetry?

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Rhythm is the musical beat created by the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a poem.

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What is a simile?

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

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What is a metaphor?

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A metaphor is a figure of speech that directly compares two different things without using 'like' or 'as'.

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What is onomatopoeia?

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Onomatopoeia is a literary device where a word imitates the sound it represents, such as 'buzz' or 'sizzle'.

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What is a stanza?

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

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What is a rhyme scheme?

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A rhyme scheme is the pattern of rhymes at the end of each line of a poem, often described using letters.