Figurative Language
This term is used as deliberate exaggeration to show emphasis in poetry.
Hyperbole
This term refers to the appeal of logic, one of the three modes of persuasion.
Logos
This term refers to the use of symbols to signify ideas and qualities by giving them symbolic meanings different from their literal sense.
Symbolism
This form of poetry is characterized by its lack of strict meter or rhyme scheme, allowing greater freedom in structure and expression.
Free Verse Poem
Setting
This device involves the comparison of two unlike things without using the words "like" or "as."
Metaphor
This rhetorical strategy involves asking a question for which no answer is expected, often to make a point rather than get an answer.
Rhetorical Question
This term refers to a figure of speech where contradictory terms appear in conjunction, such as "deafening silence."
Oxymoron
This type of poem uses a list-like structure, often presenting a series of items, ideas, or emotions without a strict narrative or rhyme scheme.
List Poem
This literary element refers to the perspective from which a story is told.
Point of View
This figure of speech makes a comparison between two different things using the words "like" or "as."
Simile
This term refers to the appeal of emotion, one of the three modes of persuasion.
Pathos
This literary technique uses vivid and descriptive language to create pictures in the reader's mind and appeal to the senses.
Imagery
This poetic device involves the repetition of similar sounds at the ends of words in close proximity.
Rhyme
This term describes the central topic, subject, or message that runs through a literary work.
Theme
This device involves the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words in close proximity.
Example: Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
Alliteration
This term refers to the appeal of ethics and credibility, one of the three modes of persuasion.
Ethos
This term refers to the feeling of tension or uncertainty that a writer creates for the reader.
Suspense
This term refers to the rhythmic structure of a poem, determined by the number and type of stresses, or beats, in each line.
Meter
The term for a sudden and unexpected turn of events in a story.
Plot Twist
This poetic device uses words to imitate the sounds that they describe.
Example: Pop! Pow! Zoom! Woosh!
Onomatopoeia
This term refers to the intentional use of language that has an opposite or contradictory effect, often to emphasize a point.
Irony
This device refers to an indirect or passing reference to a person, place, event, etc. It is often used to enrich the meaning of a text.
Allusion
In this type of poem, the first letter of each line spells out a word or message vertically, often serving as a hidden or encoded message within the poem.
Acrostic Poem
The term for a recurring theme, subject, or idea in a text.
Motif