Poetry Terms

TWO lines that rhyme.

• alliteration

• metaphor

• simile

• couplet

word pictures created through the use of figurative language or vivid descriptions

• imagery

• metaphor

• near phyme

• hyperbole

poem paragraph/groups of lines in a poem

• free verse

• sensory detail

• stanza

• onomatopoeia

same ending sounds of words

• rhythm

• line

• rhyme

• alliteration

extreme exaggeration

• stanza

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• rhyme scheme

repetition of the same beginning sound of words

• imagery

• hyperbole

• free verse

• alliteration

direct comparison between two things (NOT using like or as)

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• alliteration

words that appeal to the sight, hearing, smell, taste, and/or touch

• sensory detail

• metaphor

• simile

• hyperbole

pattern of rhymes used in a poem

• repetition

• couplet

• rhythm

• rhyme scheme

comparison between two things using like or as

• symbol

• stanza

• simile

• personifcation