Poetry Terms

Describing something by saying it is something else.

• Metaphor
• Simile
• Hyperbole
• Rhyme

Comparing two things using the words "like" or "as"

• Metaphor
• Simile
• Alliteration
• Rhyme

Giving human qualities, like feelings or actions to things that are not human

• Metaphor
• Hyperbole
• Personification
• Onomatopoeia

An extreme exaggeration.

• Metaphor
• Hyperbole
• Personification
• Alliteration

A repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words.

• Simile
• Personification
• Alliteration
• Onomatopoeia

A word that names a sound, but also sounds like that sound

• Hyperbole
• Personification
• Onomatopoeia
• Rhyme

The repetition of the same or similar sounds in words, usually the ending parts of the words.

• Metaphor
• Hyperbole
• Alliteration
• Rhyme

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. Is an example of

• Alliteration
• Onomatopoeia
• Rhyme

The image is an example of :

• Alliteration
• Onomatopoeia
• Rhyme

The image is an example of :

• Alliteration
• Onomatopoeia
• Rhyme