Poetry Unit Review

A comparison of two unlike things using "like" or "as"

• couplet

• metaphor

• similie

• hyperbole

Comparing two unlike things in which one is said to be another

• similie

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• alliteration

A poem that takes the shape of its subject

• Haiku

• limerick

• free verse

• concrete

A humorous five line poem with a specific rhyming pattern and scheme

• limerick

• free verse

• concrete

• Haiku

An extreme exaggeration

• hyperbole

• idiom

• similie

• metaphor

The repetition of consonant sounds anywhere in a word

• repetition

• assonance

• consonance

• alliteration

A regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem; indicated by letters

• rhythm

• rhyme

• rhyme scheme

• free verse

The dictionary definition of a word

• assonance

• consonance

• connotation

• denotation

The author's attitude towards his or her subject

• tone

• mood

• connotation

• denotation

A reference to a well-known person, event, place, literary work, or work of art

• metaphor

• allusion

• similie

• denotation