Definition: A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes.

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Alliteration

Definition: Repetition of initial consonant sounds.

• Alliteration

• Simile

• Personification

• Consonance

Definition: The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in poetry, creating a beat.

• Imagery

• Assonance

• Meter

• Rhythm

Definition: the regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem; the rhyme scheme of a poem is indicated by using different letters of the alphabet for each new rhyme.

• end rhyme

• rhythm

• internal rhyme

• rhyme scheme

Definition: Descriptive language that appeals to the five senses to create vivid mental images.

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Imagery

• Hyperbole

Definition: A comparison of two unlike things using like or as.

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Simile

Definition: Rhyme that occurs within a line, rather than at the end.

• internal rhyme

• rhyme scheme

• end rhyme

• alliteration

Definition: Rhyme that occurs at the end of two or more lines of poetry.

• Alliteration

• Assonance

• Internal Rhyme

• End Rhyme

Definition: A structured rhythmic pattern of a poem, often determined by the number and type of syllables.

• Alliteration

• Assonance

• Meter

• Rhythm

Definition: A direct comparison without using like or as.

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Symbolism

• Onomatopoeia