Poetry Terms to Know REVIEW

_____ is using an object to represent or stand for an idea.

• ALLITERATION

• RHYME

• IMAGERY

• SYMBOLISM

_____ is giving human qualities to an animal, object, or idea.

• SIMILE

• PERSONIFICATION

• ALLITERATION

• RHYME

_____ is describing or comparing two unlike things without using "like" or "as".

• SIMILE

• RHYTHM

• METAPHOR

• PERSONIFICATION

_____ is a regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry.

• RHYME

• METAPHOR

• SYLLABLE

• METER

______ is the central message or meaning of the poem.

• RHYME

• METER

• THEME

• SIMILE

_____ is descriptive language that appeals to the five senses.

• IMAGERY

• ALLITERATION

• PERSONIFICATION

• RHYME

_____ is the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words.

• RHYTHM

• RHYME

• ALLITERATION

• PERSONIFICATION

_____ is a comparison of two unlike things using "like" or "as".

• METAPHOR

• IMAGERY

• REPETITION

• SIMILE

_____ is poetry without a regular pattern of meter or rhyme.

• STRUCTURED VERSE

• FREE VERSE

• LOOSE VERSE

• LYRIC VERSE

_____ is the use of a sound, word, or phrase more than once.

• METER

• SYLLABLE

• SIMILE

• REPETITION