Poetry Terms

6. rhyming words placed within a line.
8. the use of words to imitate sounds
9. comparing 2 things using like or as.
11. gives human qualities or abilities to nonhuman things
12. a set pattern of rhyme. The rhyme scheme is identified by assigning a different letter of the alphabet to each rhyme.

1. grouping of lines.
2. the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words.
3. rhyming words that fall at the ends of two or more lines.
4. extreme exaggeration
5. comparing 2 things by stating one thing is something else.
7. the repetition of vowel sounds across words within lines of poetry creating an internal rhyme.
10. descriptive language that appeals to the senses of sight, touch, sound, taste, and smell.