Poetry Review

The use of words that sound like the noises they describe.

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

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

An extreme exaggeration used to make a point

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

"To repeat" something. It is the use of any element of language- a sound, word, phrase, or sentence- more than once.

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.

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

Made up of all the tools that a poet uses to create a special effect of feeling. Includes metaphor, simile, alliteration, personification, and onomatopoeia.

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

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

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.

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

The repetition of similar sounds.

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