Poetry Review

writing that attempts to stir a reader's imagination or emotions through carefully chosen words and rhythm.

• Prose

• Fiction

• Creative Writing

• Poetry

descriptive language that appeals to the five senses

• Imagery

• Fiction

• Prose

• Rhythm

saying something other than what is actually meant to spice up language and express ideas in a creative way.

• Literal Language

• Imagery

• Prose

• Figurative Language

an author or speaker's attitude toward a subject

• Mood

• Tone

• Poetry

• Figurative Language

how a subject makes the audience feel

• Mood

• Tone

• Figurative Language

• Poetry

a type of figurative language that gives human qualities to something not human.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

a comparison of two unlike things without using “like,” “as,” or “than”

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Personification

an extreme exaggeration

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Personification

a comparison of two unlike things using “like,” “as,” or “than”

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Personification

the sound pattern of a poem.

• Prose

• Rhythm

• Rhyme

• Stanza