Literary Terms

A group of lines (a paragraph for poems).

• Line

• Stanza

A row of words (just one line).

• Line

• Stanza

Two words that rhyme at the end of lines.

• End Rhyme

• Internal Rhyme

• Rhyme

The use of words with similar end sounds.

• End Rhyme

• Internal Rhyme

• Rhyme

Two words that rhyme on the same line.

• End Rhyme

• Internal Rhyme

• Rhyme

The person that wrote the poem.

• Poet

• Speaker

The person that narrates the poem.

• Poet

• Speaker

Comparing two things using like or as.

• Metaphor

• Simile

Comparing two things not using like or as.

• Metaphor

• Simile

Gives human qualities to nonhuman things.

• Hyperbole

• Imagery

• Personification