Poetry

giving a non-living object human characteristics.

• personification
• simile
• hyperbole
• metaphor

a group of two or more lines that form a unit in a poem.

• poetry
• line
• paragraph
• stanza

an extreme exaggeration to emphasize the truth or show humor.

• simile
• metaphor
• hyperbole
• personification

words used in an imaginative way that express ideas that are not necessarily true.

• figurative language
• poetry
• line
• stanza

compares two things without using "like" or "as"

• hyperbole
• simile
• imagery
• metaphor

the voice that "talks" to the reader

• narrator
• speaker
• point of view
• rising action

words or phrases that appeal to the five senses

• figurative language
• imagery
• symbol
• speaker

a person, place, or object that stands for a larger idea

• imagery
• symbol
• figurative language
• hyperbole

compares two things using "like" or "as"

• imagery
• metaphor
• simile
• symbol

Ex: an olive branch usually represents the idea of peace.

• hyperbole
• imagery
• symbol
• metaphor