Poetry Assessment

A comparison between two unlike things NOT using "like" or "as"; stating that something is something else.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Imagery

A group of lines in a poem.

• stanza

• line

• hyperbole

• repetition

A metaphor that carries the comparison through several lines or throughout the entire poem.

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Extended Metaphor

• Personification

A row of words in a poem; marked by numbers.

• Stanza

• Metaphor

• Line

• Simile

A word that imitates the sound it represents.

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Onomatopoeia

• Rhythm

A comparison between two unlike things using "like" or "as".

• Metaphor

• Extended Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Simile

An exaggeration for effect.

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Personification

Description words that create a picture in the reader's mind.

• Imagery

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Theme

Giving human qualities to a non-human animal, object or idea.

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Simile

Repetition of beginning sounds of words.

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

• Onomotopeia

• Personification