Poetry Terms and Figurative Language

A comparison drawn between two or more unlike things

• simile
• metaphor
• symbolism
• idiom

A comparison drawn between two or more unlike things using the words 'like' and 'as'.

• metaphor
• rhyme
• meter
• simile

An exaggeration or impossible statement

• simile
• alliteration
• hyperbole
• metaphor

A noun which has meaning in itself is used to represent something else. 

• imagery
• oxymoron
• personification
• symbolism

Non-human objects or animals are given human characteristics

• imagery
• personification
• alliteration
• hyperbole

A reference to something which exists outside the text

• imagery
• hyperbole
• allusion
• rhyme

Language which creates a picture in the mind of the reader

• imagery
• allusion
• alliteration
• symbolism

Noise sounds spelled out

• onomatopoeia
• alliteration
• hyperbole
• simile

"Buzz", "hiss" and "clang" are the examples of........

• meter
• imagery
• alliteration
• onomatopoeia

 “I have told you a million times". This is an example of ........

• metaphor
• hyperbole
• onomatopoeia
• simile