Figurative Language
The comparison of two unlike things using "like" or "as"
Simile
A vivid description that creates a picture in a reader's mind by using the senses: sight, smell, hear, touch, taste.
Imagery
Crash! Boom! Splat!
Onomatopoeia
The body was still as stone and pale as a ghost. The stench of rot came off of it in waves.
Imagery
A group of lines in a poem.
Stanza
Giving human characteristics or behaviors to a non-human thing
Personification
Words that sound like the sound they describe.
Onomatopoeia
The light danced across the water.
Personification
I'm starving to death.
Hyperbole
A type of poetry that is meant to be performed out loud, not read from a page.
Spoken word
Metaphor
The repetition of vowel sounds (A, E, I, O, U) in words that are near each other.
Assonance
Proud as a peacock
Simile
Mike liked his new bike.
Consonance
Poetry slam
A reference to a well-known person, place, literary work, character, or product.
Allusion
The repetition of non-vowel (consonant) sounds in words that are near each other.
Consonance
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
Alliteration
Life is a highway.
Metaphor
Poetry that doesn't rhyme.
Free Verse
The repetition of a sound at the beginning of several words in a row.
Alliteration
An extreme exaggeration used for emphasis
Hyperbole
Chocolate is his Kryptonite.
Allusion
The rain in Spain stays mainly on the plain.
Assonance
A group of poems published by an individual author or group of authors.
A collection or anthology