Poetry Terms

2. the repetition of the same VOWEL sound in a series of words
4. a comparison between two unlike things, using the words like or as
5. giving human qualities to a nonhuman object
8. the pattern of rhymes at the end of lines, uses letters to indicate which lines rhyme
10. how the poet feels about the subject of a poem
12. a word whose sound makes you think of its meaning
15. how the reader feels when reading the poem
16. a grouped set of lines in a poem
17. an exaggeration
18. a single line of a poem

1. language that uses words or expressions with a meaning that is different from the literal interpretation
3. the repetition of the same initial consonant sound in a series of words
6. the repetition of the same ending sound in two words
7. the repeating of words or phrases to give emphasis
9. the audible pattern of a poem made by stressed and unstressed syllables
11. the repetition of the same consonant sound in the middle or end of a series of words
13. a comparison between two unlike things
14. words the author uses that appeals to the 5 senses
16. someone who is the voice of a poem