Poetry Terms (Figurative Language

Two or more words that have the same ending sound.

• rhyme

• simile

• repetition

• onomatopoeia

Comparing two unlike things saying that one is the other thing.

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Words that sound like the objects or actions they refer to. Sound like the sound the word makes.

• rhyme

• alliteration

• imagery

• onomatopoeia

A division of a poem consisting of a series of lines arranged together.

• imagery

• repetition

• stanza

• hyperbole

Using the same word or phrase over and over again.

• stanza

• repetition

• rhyme

• alliteration

Language that uses the five senses to help you create a mental picture in your mind.

• imagery

• hyperbole

• personification

• metaphor

To make something seem larger or more important than it really is, an exaggeration.

• alliteration

• simile

• personification

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

A figure of speech comparing two things using the words "as" or "like"

• metaphor

• simile

• hyperbole

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

A figure of speech in which objects are given human qualities.

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

• imagery

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

The repetition of words that have the same beginning sound.

• personification

• alliteration

• simile

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5