This is an example of...
The student stared into space for several seconds
Alliteration
Simile
Making a comparison using like or as
Repetition
The repeating of certain sounds or words to create a certain effect
Ms. Pydych watched her students like a hawk
Simile
Personification
Personification is giving human traits to non-human entities.
Stanza
Lines that are grouped together like a paragraph
Ms. Weed sculpted the minds of students
Metaphor
Alliteration is the repetition of what sounds at the start of many words in a line?
Consonant
Free Verse Poem
When there is no specific rhyme scheme or shape
The basketball player was 15 feet tall
Hyperbole
Symbolism
When some object is used to represent a deeper meaning
Allusion
an author or poet makes an indirect reference to something outside the text
I stopped to pick up the bagel/ rolling away in the wind,
Enjambment
Hyperbole is using what to prove a point?
Extreme exaggeration
Enjambment
When one idea flows from one line into the next; the reader does not pause