Poetry Vocab Review

a comparison between two subjects that does NOT use "like" or "as"

• simile
• metaphor
• hyperbole
• allusion

the attitude the writer has toward the theme or topic of a text

• tone
• mood
• assonance
• consonance

author's word choice

• imagery
• line
• cataloging
• diction

comparison between two subjects that uses "like" or "as"

• metaphor
• line
• simile
• allusion

giving human characteristics to something that is not human

• symbolism
• imagery
• cataloging
• personification

descriptive language that appeals to the reader's 5 senses and helps create mental images

• mood
• imagery
• litote
• hyperbole

an emotional feeling or the atmosphere the writer creates in/for the READER

• tone
• hyperbole
• allusion
• mood

when an author repeats a word or phrase to add emphasis or power

• repetition
• litote
• imagery
• symbolism

Alliteration

• The repetition of identical consonant sounds, most often the sounds beginning words, in close proximity. Example: pensive poets, nattering nabobs of negativism.

• Unacknowledged reference and quotations that authors assume their readers will recognize.

• Repetition of the same word or phrase at the beginning of a line throughout a work or the section of a work.

• The repetition of identical vowel sounds in different words in close proximity. Example: deep green sea.

Unacknowledged reference and quotations that authors assume their readers will recognize. Example: Your backyard is a Garden of Eden.

• Alliteration

• Allusion

• Anaphora

• Caesura