Figurative Language and Poetry

The pattern of rhyme in a poem.

• Stanza

• Alliteration

• Rhyme Scheme

• Theme

The overall message or lesson of a poem.

• Theme

• Topic

• Personification

• Imagery

The main subject of a poem. Who, what, where, when, how, and why.

• Extended Metaphor

• Topic

• Line

• Theme

The beat of a poem.

• Onomatopoeia

• Repetition

• Rhythm

• Rhyme Scheme

Repetition of beginning sounds of words.

• Hyperbole

• Topic

• Repetition

• Alliteration

Giving human qualities to animals, objects, or ideas.

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

Descriptive words that appeal to a reader's senses.

• Simile

• Imagery

• Metaphor

• Personification

An exaggeration for effect.

• Hyperbole

• Rhythm

• Extended Metaphor

• Metaphor

A phrase that has a special meaning that is different from its literal interpretation.

• Onomatopoeia

• Metaphor

• Idiom

• Simile

A row of words in a poem.

• Line

• Stanza

• Theme

• Repetition