Poetry and Figurative Language Vocabulary

a piece of writing often having a rhythm that tells a story or describes a feeling

1. a unit of meaning in a poem (can be 1 word, a phrase, or a sentence)

lines grouped together in a poem, like a paragraph

 the repetition of sounds at the end of lines or within lines

Language not intended to be taken literally but layered with meaning using imagery, metaphors, and other literary devices​ (a)  

• figurative language

• speaker

• mood

• repetition

compares 2 unlike things using like or as

compares 2 unlike things without using like or as

an elaborate way of expressing yourself in which you don’t say exactly what you mean

figurative language that gives human qualities to nonhuman things

a word that sounds like what it means (bang, thump, crash)