Poetry Notes

Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.

• idiom

• alliteration

• hyperbole

• personification

The repetition of the beginning consonant sounds of words.

• alliteration

• idiom

• simile

• personification

"Her eyes were like a deep ocean filled with endless mystery." This is an example of ____________________.

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Structure

"The sunlight kissed her head as the gentle breeze whispered in her ear." This is an example of ___________________________. 

• Rhythm

• Structure

• Style

• Personification

This term means to use a strong exaggeration:

• personification

• idiom

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

uses words or expressions to convey a meaning that is different from the literal interpretation

• figurative language

• imagery

• diction

• alliteration

when an image is created in the reader's mind by appealing to the reader's five senses

• figurative language

• imagery

• diction

• alliteration

a comparison of two unlike things

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• idiom

a comparison of two unlike things using "like" or "as"

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• idiom

giving human qualities to something nonhuman

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• personification

• idiom