Figurative Language Definitions
alliteration
"Boom!" The thunder echoed.
Onomatopoeia
Two or more words with the same ending sound.
rhyme
time, slime, dime, sublime
Rhyme
The author of a poem is called the ________
poet
An extreme exaggeration
hyperbole
I could eat a million of these cookies!
Hyperbole
The pattern of rhyming words in a poem
Rhyme scheme
I eat peas with honey
line
A phrase that does not make literal sense but we understand it
idiom
A comparison using "like" or "as"
simile
Glorious gardens grew in the greenhouse
alliteration
A row of words in a poem
line
I eat peas with honey
I've done it all my life
It makes the peas taste funny
But it keeps them on the knife!
Stanza
He's as fast as a rabbit.
Simile
A comparison using "is" or "are"
metaphor
The sun peeked out from behind the clouds.
personification
Mood/tone
Dreams by Langston Hughes
Poet
I will believe you when pigs fly!
idiom
Giving human qualities to objects or animals
personification
She was a gazelle running through the field.
Metaphor
Stanza
Hickory Dickory Dock A
The mouse ran up the clock A
The clock struck one B
The mouse ran down C
Hickory Dickory Dock A
Rhyme scheme
The narrator of a poem is called the _________
speaker