Poetry Unit Study Guide

A group of lines forming the basic recurring metrical unit in a poem.

• Anecdote

• Stanza

• Rhyme Scheme

• Assonance

A short amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person.

• Metaphor

• Anecdote

• Stanza

• Assonance

The ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of the lines of a poem or verse.

• Metaphor

• Stanza

• Rhyme Scheme

• Assonance

The repetition of the vowel sound across words within the lines of the poem creating internal rhymes.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Rhyme Scheme

• Assonance

A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action.

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Alliteration

A figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing.

• Alliteration

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Simile

Giving human characteristics to nonhuman things.

• Personification

• Alliteration

• Foreshadowing

• Simile

The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning is adjacent.

• Hyperbole

• Foreshadowing

• Alliteration

• Personification

A warning or indication of a future event.

• Simile

• Diction

• Hyperbole

• Foreshadowing

An exaggeration.

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Diction

• Personification