Unit 5: Poetry Terms Flashcards
Repetition of the initial consonants of words
Alliteration
A poem without predictable rhyme, rhythm, or length of line or stanza
Free Verse
Excessive exaggeration to make a point
Hyperbole
The use of vivid words that appeal to the reader’s senses of sight, smell, sound, taste, and touch
Imagery
A comparison of two dissimilar things that implies some sort of equality between the things
Metaphor
A word that makes the sound of the action it describes
Onomatopoeia
A comparison that gives human qualities to inanimate objects
Personification
The pattern of the end rhymes in a poem
Rhyme Scheme
A comparison of two dissimilar things that uses “like” or “as”
Simile
The narrator of a poem
Speaker
A group of lines of poetry, usually similar in length and pattern
Stanza
Something in a poem that stands for something larger than itself
Symbol
