descriptive language that appeals to the five senses

saying something other than what is actually meant to spice up language and express ideas in a creative way.

an author or speaker's attitude toward a subject

how a subject makes the audience feel

a type of figurative language that gives human qualities to something not human.

a comparison of two unlike things without using “like,” “as,” or “than”

an extreme exaggeration

a comparison of two unlike things using “like,” “as,” or “than”

the sound pattern of a poem.

a group of words in a poem that are arranged in a row

a group of lines in a poem that are separated by a an empty line

poetry that fits into a clear pattern of structure, rhyme and/or meter.

poetry that does not follow any rules of structure, rhyme or meter.

the repetition of similar sounding words. It can happen at either the end of two lines or within one line

when a few words in a poem begin with the same letter.

words that create the sounds they describe

the recurring use of a sound, a word, phrase or a line