POETRY NOTES

uses words or expressions to convey a meaning that is different from the literal interpretation

• figurative language

• imagery

• diction

• alliteration

when an image is created in the reader's mind by appealing to the reader's five senses

• figurative language

• imagery

• diction

• alliteration

the choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing

• figurative language

• imagery

• diction

• idiom

a comparison of two unlike things

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• idiom

a comparison of two unlike things using "like" or "as"

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• idiom

an extreme exaggeration

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• personification

• idiom

giving human qualities to something nonhuman

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• personification

• idiom

an expression that doesn't mean exactly what it says

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• personification

• idiom

the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words

• alliteration

• assonance

• onomatopoeia

• rhyme

the repetition of vowel sounds within words

• alliteration

• assonance

• onomatopoeia

• rhyme