Poetry Terms

The FEELING the reader gets from a poem

• theme

• mood

• personification

• symbol

Using "like" or "as" to compare unlike things.

• metaphor

• simile

• onomatopoeia

• assonance

The repetition of the BEGINNING sound.

• rhyme

• metaphor

• alliteration

• assonance

The repetition of VOWEL sound.

• consonance

• alliteration

• hyperbole

• assonance

Exaggerated statements or claims NOT meant to be taken literally.

• simile

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

The repetition of a CONSONANT sound.

• assonance

• mood

• alliteration

• consonance

The "sentences" in a poem.

• stanza

• line

• paragraph

• object pronoun

A comparison of two unlike things.

• simile

• assonance

• metaphor

• hyperbole

When the SOUND of a word imitates its meaning.

• boom

• mood

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

Giving human qualities to non-human things.

• alliteration

• personification

• consonance

• rhyme