Poetry Techniques

Comparing two unlike things using like or as

• metaphor

• jargon

• mood

• simile

A paragraph in a poem

• hyperbole

• tome

• imagery

• stanza

Two lines in a poem that rhyme

• couplet

• simile

• metaphor

• mood

The repetition of the BEGINNING sounds of words (Sally sells seashells by the seashore)

• jargon

• assonance

• alliteration

• oxymoron

A major exaggeration (this book bag weighs a ton)

• hyperbole

• imagery

• oxymoron

• personification

How a poem is set up or how it rhymes (AABB CCDD)

• oxymoron

• metaphor

• rhyme scheme

• idioms

Two words that are used together that are opposite in meaning (jumbo shrimp)

• onomatopoeia

• jargon

• assonance

• oxymoron

Sound Words

• jargon

• rhyme scheme

• onomatoepia

• imagery

Comparing two unlike things NOT using like or as

• metaphor

• simile

• assonance

• allieration

Author's attitude about a subject

• mood

• tone

• jargon

• idioms