A common phrase made up of words that can't be understood by their literal, or ordinary, meanings.

Any writing that uses words for their sound and rhythm as well as their meaning. It usually emphasizes artistic elements like rhythm, rhyme, and repetition.

A direct comparison between two unlike things that does NOT use the words like or as.

A comparison of two unlike things using the words like or as.

Language that appeals to the five senses- touch, taste, smell, hearing, and sight.

The feeling created in the reader by a poem or story using words, phrases, repetition, rhyme, and exaggeration.

A group of lines in a poem set off by blank lines. It usually develops one idea.

An important idea in a text that focuses on the deeper meaning or message the reader is meant to consider.

The repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginnings of several words of a line or poetry or a sentence.

Ordinary writing, like you’d find in a textbook, newspaper article, or novel. It expresses ideas in simple, direct language.

The attitude the writer takes toward the audience, the subject, or a character.

An extreme exaggeration used to make a point