Figurative Language & Poetry

Literary Device

• A tool used to create a plot twist in a story.

• Any one of a variety of tools (such as the use of figurative language, imagery, allegory, and symbolism) a writer may use to achieve the tone or communicate the purpose or theme intended.

• A method for developing characters in a narrative.

• A technique for writing dialogue in a play.

Symbol

• A person, place, or object that represents something beyond itself.

• A type of mathematical notation.

• A character used in programming languages.

• A decorative element in art.

Simile

• A direct comparison between two things without using 'like' or 'as'.

• A comparison of two unlike things in which 'like' or 'as' is used.

• A figure of speech that exaggerates for emphasis.

• A phrase that describes something in a literal sense.

Metaphor

• Comparison between two things that are basically different but have something in common; does NOT use like or as.

• A direct comparison using 'like' or 'as'.

• A figure of speech that exaggerates for emphasis.

• A statement that contradicts itself.

Stanza

• A single line of poetry.

• A recurring grouping of two or more verse lines of the same length, metrical form, and often rhyme scheme.

• A type of poem that tells a story.

• A collection of stanzas that form a complete poem.

Imagery

• Words and phrases that create vivid sensory experience for the reader; may also appeal to the senses of smell, hearing, taste, or touch.

• A type of figurative language that uses exaggeration for emphasis.

• A literary device that involves the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words.

• A technique used to create a rhythm in poetry through the arrangement of stressed and unstressed syllables.

Alliteration

• The repetition of initial consonant sounds in words.

• The use of similar sounding words at the end of lines.

• The repetition of vowel sounds in nearby words.

• A figure of speech that compares two unlike things.

Rhyme

• Repetition of sounds at the ends of words.

• A type of poem that tells a story.

• A literary device that uses exaggeration.

• A comparison between two unlike things.

Evoke

• To bring or recall to the conscious mind.

• To forget or ignore something.

• To create a new idea or concept.

• To analyze and evaluate information.

Consonance

• The repetition of vowel sounds within and at the ends of words.

• The repetition of consonant sounds within and at the ends of words.

• The use of similar sounding words to create rhythm.

• The arrangement of words to create a specific meaning.