1. Examples found in modern songs
Poetry Terminology
Examples found in modern songs

2. Alliteration Repetition of words with the same beginning sounds
Example
“Polly planted plenty of pretty pansies.”

3. Hyperbole To make something seem larger or more important than it is
Example
“The firefly’s light shone brighter than the sun.”

4. Imagery (Sensory Details)
The writer uses vivid details often including the 5 senses (sight, smell, taste, sound, and touch) to help the reader experience what they are experiencing.
Example

5. Imagery (Sensory Details)
Example
Taste: The familiar tang of his grandmother’s cranberry sauce reminded him of his youth.
Sound: The concert was so loud that her ears rang for days afterward.
Sight: The sunset was the most gorgeous they’d ever seen; the clouds were edged with pink and gold.
Smell: After eating the curry, his breath reeked of garlic.
Touch: The tree bark was rough against her skin.

6. Metaphor
A figure of speech in which things are compared by stating that one thing is another
Example
“The clouds are cottonballs in the sky.”

7. Personification
A figure of speech in which objects are given human qualities
Example
“The sun played peek-a-boo with the clouds.”

8. Repetition Using the same word or phrase over and over again Example
“The waves pounded, pounded, pounded against the shoreline.”

9. Rhyme Words that have the same ending sounds Example
“The tiny bird in the tree was singing just for me.”

10. Simile
A figure of speech in which things are compared using the words “like” or “as”
Example
“The surface of the water looked as smooth as glass.”