Poetry Terms

a comparison of 2 unlike things not using "like" or "as"

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• idiom

a comparison of 2 unlike things using "like" or "as"

• simile

• metaphor

• Personification

• Idiom

an extreme exaggeration

• hyperbole

• simile

• metaphor

• symbolism

giving human characteristics to non-human things

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personificaiton

• Symbolism

language that means what it says

• Figurative Language

• Accurate Language

• Literal Language

• Poetic Language

language that does not mean what it says but has a deeper meaning

• Figurative Language

• Accurate Language

• Literal Language

• Poetic Language

the measure of beats, or stressed and unstressed syllables

• Repetition

• Rhyme

• Meter

• Alliteration

the use of the same words, sounds, or ideas again for effect

• Repetition

• Rhyme

• Meter

• Alliteration

words that END with the same sounds

• Repetition

• Rhyme

• Meter

• Alliteration

words that are close together and BEGIN with the same sounds (usually consonants)

• Repetition

• Rhyme

• Meter

• Alliteration