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Focus on Poetry

Paul Laurence Dunbar, Poet

AB
figurative languagewords that compare things in unexpected ways
linesrows of words
repetitionrepeating pattern of sounds, words, phrases, or lines
rhymetwo or more words with the smae last sound
rhythmpattern of stressed and unstressed syllables
sensory languagewords that describe how things look, feel, smell, taste or suond
similea figure of speech in which two unlike things are explicitly compared
metaphora figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance
alliterationa figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance
personificationthe attribution of a personal nature or character to inanimate objects or abstract notions


6th grade teacher and RtI Specialist
Valley View Middle School
Edina, MN

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