Poetic Terms

A type of figurative language that is the repetition of the beginning consonant sounds.

• Diction

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

• Mood

A brief reference to a real or fictional person, event, place, or work of art. (Like a text-to text connection inside the piece of literature!)

• Personification

• Symbol

• Allusion

• Verse

The author’s specific word choice.

• Diction

• Imagery

• Mood

• Theme

A term that refers to a number of ways to describe something in non-literal ways. This includes include imagery, metaphor, simile, symbol, hyperbole, personification, verbal irony/sarcasm, and there are more.

• Allusion

• Free Verse

• Diction

• Figurative Language

An exaggerated statement or claim that is not meant to be taken literally.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Onomatopoeia

The use of language in poetry to represent objects, actions and ideas in a way that appeals to our five senses (smell, taste, hearing, touch, sight).

• Imagery

• Rhythm

• Symbol

• Stanza

A type of figurative language that makes a comparison between two things WITHOUT using the connecting words “like” or “as.”

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

The overall feeling for the AUDIENCE elicited by a piece of writing.

• Mood

• Tone

• Rhythm

• Rhyme

The attitude the NARRATOR (this may or may not be the author) takes towards a subject or character: serious, humorous, sarcastic, ironic, concerned, tongue-in-cheek, solemn, objective, etc.

• Mood

• Tone

• Rhythm

• Rhyme

A word that sounds like what it means.

Example: buzz, click, bang, sizzle

• Onomatopoeia

• Stanza

• Verse

• Symbol