1. Poetry Literary Terms
Ms. Coy English 11

2. Metaphor
Figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things without using a connective words such as like or as Example: I am soft sift/ In an hourglass

3. Extended Metaphor
A metaphor that is extended or developed as far as the writer wants to take it
Ex. Fame is a bee.
It has a song
It has a sting
Ah, too, it has a wing

4. Simile
Figure of speech that makes a comparison between two seemingly unlike things by using a connective word such as like or as
Ex. The Roman Road runs straight and bare, as the pale parting-line in hair.

5. Rhyme
Repetition of accented vowel sounds and all sounds following them in words that are close together in a poem
Ex. When she I loved looked every day
Fresh as a rose in June,
I to her cottage bent my way,
Beneath the evening moon

6. SLANT RHYME/ FORCED RHYME
Words that sound similar but do not rhyme exactly Ex. “With glory richly furnished, Stands permanent through this be fled.”

7. Internal rhyme
Rhyme that occurs in the same line of poetry Ex. “But they can’t see the light, that’s right.”

8. Alliteration
Repetition of the same or similar consonant sounds at the beginning of words Ex. Where the quail is whistling betwixt the woods.

9. CONSONANCE
Repetition of the same or similar final consonant sounds Ex. Ticktock, or singsong or singing and whistling

10. ASSONANCE
Repetition of the same or similar vowel sounds within words Ex. The tide rises, the tide falls

11. ONOMATOPOEIA
The use of a word whose sound imitates or suggests its meaning Ex. Buzz, smack, jab, croak

12. Ex. Sweet sorrow, deafening silence, jumbo shrimp, or walking dead
OXYMORON
A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase
Ex. Sweet sorrow, deafening silence, jumbo shrimp, or walking dead

13. personification
 Type of metaphor in which a nonhuman thing or quality is talked about as if it were human
Ex. The trees are undressing, and fling in many places—
On the gray road, the roof, the window sill—
Their radiant robes and ribbons and yellow laces

14. hyperbole
Figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion or create a comic effect Ex. I’m so hungry, I could eat a horse!

15. imagery
Language that appeals to the senses. Imagery appeals to all senses including sight, sound, touch, taste and smell.

16. Tone
The attitude a writer takes toward the reader, a subject or a character Ex. Macabre (death-like or gruesome), mocking, morose (gloomy or despondent), dramatic, arrogant