Figurative Language
This comparison uses like or as, as in “Her smile shines like the sun.”
What is Simile
This group of lines in a poem is separated from other groups by a space.
What is a stanza
These words have the same or similar ending sounds, like light and night.
What are rhyming words?
What is onomatopoeia?
What is an ABAB rhyme scheme?
These words help readers picture, hear, smell, taste, or feel what a poet describes.
What are sensory words or imagery?
This is the person who writes a poem.
What is a poet?
This comparison says one thing is another, as in “The classroom was a zoo.”
What is metaphor
This is one line of a poem.
What is a line
This repeated beat or pattern of sounds helps give a poem its flow.
What is rhythm?
This poetic device gives human actions or feelings to something nonhuman, as in “The wind whispered.”
What is personification?
This is the central message or big idea a poem communicates.
What is the theme?
This poetic device gives human actions or feelings to something nonhuman, as in “The flowers danced.”
What is personification
This is the pattern of end rhymes in a poem, shown with letters such as ABAB.
What is rhyme scheme?
This sound device repeats the first consonant sound in nearby words, as in “Busy bees buzzed.”
What is alliteration?
This kind of language appeals to the senses and helps readers imagine an experience.
What is imagery?
This is the feeling a poem creates for the reader, such as peaceful, excited, or gloomy.
What is mood?
This exaggeration is used for emphasis, as in “I waited forever.”
What is hyperbole
This kind of poem does not follow a regular rhyme scheme or meter.
What is free verse?
This sound device uses words that imitate sounds, such as buzz or crash.
What is onomatopoeia?
This comparison describes a busy school hallway as “a river of rushing students.”
What is a metaphor?
This is what readers can infer about a speaker’s feelings by examining the poem’s words and images.
An author's point of view or perspective?
“The moon was a silver boat sailing through the clouds.”
What is metaphor
This is the regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry.
What is meter?
A poem’s repeated end sounds follow this pattern: lines 1 and 3 rhyme, and lines 2 and 4 rhyme.
What is ABAB?
A poet describes “the sharp scent of pine and the cool, damp earth.” This sensory description is an example of this poetic element.
What is imagery?
A poet uses short, choppy lines and repeated hard sounds to make a storm feel sudden and forceful. This is an explanation of how poetic choices affect this.
What is the effect of the poet’s craft choices on the poem’s meaning or mood?