| A | B |
|---|
| Simile | A direct comparison of unlike things using like, as or than |
| Metaphor | A direct comparison of unlike things without using using like, as or than |
| Personification | giving life or life-like characteristics to nonliving things or giving human traits to non-humans |
| Oxymoron | the use of contradictory terms together |
| Hyperbole | an exaggeration for effect |
| Understatement | making less of something than it really is |
| Symbol | something that stands for or represents something else |
| Ballad | a story told in verse |
| rhyme | the repetition of sounds |
| rhythm | the repetion of a beat pattern |
| Gustatory Images | appeal to the sense of taste |
| Auditory Images | appeal to the sense of hearing |
| Tactile Images | appeal to the sense of touch |
| visual images | appeals to the sense of sight |
| Olfactory Images | appeals to the sense of smell |
| Literal Language | what you say is exactly what you mean |
| Figurative Language | The meaning is more than what is said on the surface |
| Concrete Poem | Shape is most important feature |
| Speaker | the narrator in a poem |
| Mood | the emotion in a poem |
