Figurative Language & Poetry Terms

Compares two unlike things using like or as

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

Compares two unlike things without using like or as; says one thing is another

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.7.4

Describes non-human things as if they are human

• personification

• metaphor

• simile

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.7.4

The way in which the words and lines are arranged on the page

• form

• stanza

• pace

• mood

The core unit of a poem

• line

• tone

• imagery

A group of lines (like a paragraph)

• stanza

• rhythm

• line

• pace

The place where a line ends

• line break

• stanza

• theme

How fast or slow a poem is read. Short sentences speed up; longer sentences slow it down

• pace

• mood

• stanza

• form

The feeling or atmosphere that the poet creates

• mood

• rhythm

• stanza

• theme

The use of words and phrases that convey how things look, feel, smell, sound, and taste

• imagery

• theme

• allusion

• line break