Figurative Language
A comparison of two unlike things
Metaphor
A repetition of consonant sounds anywhere within words in a single line
Consonance
The pattern of end rhyme in a poem
Rhyme scheme
The following is an example of:
Her smile lights up the room.
Idiom
Lights up the room means that her smile makes things feel lighter/brighter/happier
A brief reference to a significant person, place, thing, idea, or event
Allusion
Repetition of vowel sounds within any part of the words in a single line
Assonance
A group of lines in a poem
Stanza
The following is an example of:
Coffee is like Christmas in cup every morning.
Simile
Comparing "coffee" to "Christmas morning" (two unlike things) using "like"
A well-known expression that has meaning figuratively, but literally would not make sense
Idiom
Repetition of the same sound at the beginning of two or more words in a single line
Alliteration
Rhyme within a line
Internal rhyme
The following is an example of:
I am always hungry.
Hyperbole
"always" implies that every second of every day, you are hungry (even when you sleep)
Symbol
The following is an example of:
The kite came close to clearing the kitten's head
Alliteration
Repetition of the "k" sound (includes the "c" and "k" words)
Determine the rhyme scheme:
Some say the world will end in fire,
Some say in ice.
From what I’ve tasted of desire
I hold with those who favor fire.
ABAB
The following is an example of:
"Beauty is truth, truth beauty,—"
Comparing two unlike things - beauty and truth - without using "like" or "as"
Giving human attributes to nonhuman things
Personification
They came too late to the game.
A
The long A sound is repeated in "came," "late," and "game"
Identify the rhyme scheme:
I will not play at tug o' war.
I'd rather play at hug o' war,
Where everyone hugs
Instead of tugs,
Where everyone giggles
And rolls on the rug,
AABBCB
The following is an example of:
You don’t have to be Albert Einstein to understand poetry.
Allusion
A brief reference to Einstein suggest that you don't have to be a genius to understand poetry