Poetry Terms & Figurative Language

3. A figure of speech in which the truth is exaggerated for emphasis or humorous effect.
5. An implied or indirect reference to a person, place, thing, or idea of historical, cultural, literary, or political significance, often used in literature.
6. A literary work in which special intensity is given to the expression of feelings and ideas by the use of distinctive style and rhythm.
7. Rhyming words that come at the end of the line.
8. A comparison of two unlike things without the words “like” or “as.”
10. Rhyme that occurs within a line of poetry.
14. A comparison between two unlike things using the words “like” or “as”.
15. The narrative voice in a poem that speaks of his or her situation or feelings.
17. A group of words arranged into a row that ends for a reason other than the right-hand margin.
19. The use of words whose sounds echo their meanings.
20. Repeated words or phrases used to create emphasis, drama, and a cadence (rhythm).

1. A rhyming poetic form in which a single speaker expresses his or her thoughts and feelings.
2. Words and phrases that allow the readers to picture or imagine how something looks, feels, sounds, smells, or tastes
4. Non-Rhyming poetry lines that closely follow the natural rhythms of speech.
9. A pattern of rhymes at the ends of lines. A rhyme scheme is noted by assigning a letter of the alphabet, beginning with a, to each line and lines that rhyme are given the same letter.
11. A repetition of sounds at the end of words, as in the words pig and dig.
12. Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words
13. Giving human qualities to an animal, object, or idea
16. A group of lines forming the basic recurring unit in a poem; a verse.
18. A rhymed pair of lines, traditionally at the end of a poem.