Figurative Speech 1
Figurative Speech 2
Poetic Devices General
Poetic Devices Specific
How/What a poem ___?
200

This Figurative speech is an extravagant statement or the use of exaggerated terms for the purpose of emphasis or heightened effect.

Hyperbole

200

This figure of speech is the repetition of an initial consonant sound.

Alliteration

200

The use of vivid, sensory language to create mental images and evoke emotions.

Imagery

200

When a line does not end with punctuation and the thought continues to a new line.

Enjambment

200

Rhyme Scheme, Rhythm, and Repetition

How a poem SOUNDS.

400

This Figurative speech is a direct comparison between two unlike things that have something important in common.

Metaphor

400

This figure of speech is a play on words that exploits multiple meanings of a word or similar sounding words, also used in 'Dad Jokes'.

Pun

400

The natural flow or beat of a poem created by patterns of stressed and unstressed syllables.

Rhythm

400

Haiku poem

Form of Poetry

400

Figurative Language and Imagery

How a Poem EXPRESSES

600

This figurative speech is the formation or use of words that imitate the sounds associated with the objects or actions they refer to.

Onomatopoeia 

600

This figurative speech is a stated comparison using like or as between two dissimilar things that have something in common.

Simile

600

The overall pattern and/or rules a poem follows.

Form

600

A pattern of stressed/unstressed syllables.

Meter
600
Structure and Form

How a Poem LOOKS

800

This figurative language has repetition of the final sound or syllable at the end of a line.

End Rhyme

800

This figure of speech occurs when opposite or contradictory terms appear together.

Oxymoron

800

The underlying message, central idea, or universal truth an author conveys about topics like love, loss, or nature.

Theme

800

The repetition of a word at the end of successive clauses or sentences.

Epistrophe

800
Meaning and Theme

What a poem SAYS

1000

This figurative speech is the repetition of sounds within a line of poetry.

Internal Rhyme

1000

This figurative language is sometimes called “imperfect rhyme” because the words sound close, but not exactly the same.

Slant Rhyme

1000

Any intentional deviation from literal statement or common usage that emphasizes, clarifies, or embellishes both written and spoken language.

Figurative Language

1000

The underlying message, central idea, or universal truth an author conveys about topics like love, loss, or nature.

Theme

1000

Emotion and Tone

How a poem FEELS

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