Figurative Language and Poetry

Compares two unlike things without using like or as; says one thing is another

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• hyperbole

Describes non-human things as if they are human

• personification

• metaphor

• simile

• hyperbole

A group of lines (like a paragraph)

• stanza

• rhythm

• line

• pace

The feeling or atmosphere that the poet creates

• mood

• rhythm

• stanza

• theme

The use of words and phrases that convey how things look, feel, smell, sound, and taste

• imagery

• theme

• allusion

• line break

A type of poem that praises and celebrates its subject

• ode

• lyric poem

• sonnet

• haiku

A short poem in which a single speaker expresses personal thoughts and feelings, originally created to be sung

• lyric poem

• ode

• haiku

• sonnet

What is it called when a poet exaggerates the truth?

• alliteration

• imagery

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

When a poem comperes two things without using like or as, it is called a

• simile

• personification

• free verse

• metaphor

The moon smiled down on the ocean below, bestowing it with diamonds

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

• free verse

• personification