Poetry Terms

A figure of speech in which two things are compared without using like or as.

• simile

• metaphor

• personfication

• hyerpbole

A figure of speech in which in which two things are compared using like or as.

• metaphor

• simile

• personfication

• hyerpbole

The writer's attitude towards his or her subject.

• tone

• mood

• theme

• voice

"There are a ton of similes in the poem." This is an example of. . .

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• personfication

• simile

"The wind screamed through the night." This is an example of. . .

• metaphor

• personfication

• simile

• hyperbole

Something like "Civil War" is an example of. . .

• metaphor

• oxymoron

• personfication

• paradox

"Once upon a midnight weary, while I pondered, weak and weary." Which of the following is included in this line?

• alliteration

• personification

• metaphor

• simile

Another word for conflict in a poem. . .

• tension

• conflictico

• setting

• mood

What is the feeling that a poem (or other text) creates for the reader?

• tone

• mood

• theme

• figurative language