Compares two unlike things without using like or as metaphor

A word whose sound imitates or suggests its meaning such s “swoosh” went the ball onomatopoeia

A group of lines in a poem (paragraph) stanza

A type of poem that has no rhythm or rhyme Free verse

Japanese poem that has three lines of 5,7, and 5 syllables and is about nature or seasons Haiku

Poetic technique used to exaggerate such as “I’m so hungry I could eat a horse!” Hyperbole

Technique that gives human characteristics to non-human things Personification

Technique used to compare two unlike things using like or as simile

A person, place or thing that has meaning in itself and also stands for something beyond itself symbol

Musical quality produced by the repetition of stressed and unstressed syllables rhythm

Repetition of consonant sounds in words that are close together in a poem alliteration

a narrative poem, often of folk origin and intended to be sung Ballad

Contradiction like “honest, thief” is an oxymoron

– the words at the end of the lines rhyme or sound alike End rhyme

– A type of poem that gets its name from the fact that it is always five lines long Cinquain

two lines that rhyme a,a; b,b; c,c Couplet

A pattern of end rhyme a, b, a, b, c, a, b, c Rhyme scheme

concrete words or details that appeal to the senses Imagery

a five line poem; lines 1,2 and 5 rhyme and lines 3 and 4 rhyme Limerick

– regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables Meter

– repetition of like sounds Rhyme

– the feeling within the work (sad, happy, serious) Mood

– the author’s attitude toward his work Tone

– the main idea Theme