| A | B |
|---|
| figurative language | expressions that are not literally true* |
| metaphor | a comparison of 2 things that have something in common; no comparison words are used* |
| extended metaphor | uses a series of connected metaphors* |
| hyperbole | an exaggeration used for emphasis or humorous effect* |
| simile | a comparison of 2 things that have some quality in common; uses "like" "as" "than" or resembles"* |
| personification | the giving of human qualities to an animal, object or idea* |
| rhyme | repetition of the same vowel sound and the subsequent consonant sounds* |
| rhyme scheme | a pattern of end rhyme* |
| rhythm | the pattern or flow of sound created by the arrangement of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry* |
| repetition | the technique in which a sound, word, phrase, line, or stanza is repeated for emphasis or effect* |
| onomatopoeia | the use of words whose sound suggests their meaning* |
| imagery | words and phrases that appeal to the 5 senses* |
| free verse | poetry without regular patterns of rhyme and rhythm; used to capture the sounds & rhythms of ordinary speech* |
| stanza | a group of 2 or more lines in a poem* |
| poetry | a type of literature in which ideas & feelings are expressed in compact, imaginative, and often musical language* |
| prose | the ordinary form of spoken & written language; language that lacks the special features of poetry* |
