Poetry Terms

A comparison of two unlike things using like or as

• simile

• theme

• hyperbole

• Alliteration

a division in a poem named for the number of lines it contains

• tone

• stanza

• hyperbole

• simile

the message about life that the poem conveys

• simile

• tone

• alliteration

• theme

the attitude or mood the author creates

• alliteration

• tone

• hyperbole

• imagery

a deliberate exaggeration

• hyperbole

• alliteration

• metaphor

• imagery

the repetition of the beginning consonant sounds in words

• metaphor

• simile

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

creates a picture in the reader's mind

• stanza

• imagery

• personification

• meter

a comparison of two different things. Doesn't use like or as.

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

• simile

• theme

a rhythmic pattern in poetry that is usually repeated

• stanza

• personification

• meter

• simile

sound words

• onomatopoeia

• personification

• repetition

• theme