Figurative Language

A figure of speech that uses exaggeration

What do you call a group of lines in a poem?

a comparison of two unlike things using "like" or "as"

I am dying of thirst!

Place where lines of poetry end to add emphasis to certain words or phrases

It's raining cats and dogs.

You are walking on thin ice.

He was as busy as a bee.

What term describes the beat of a poem

Repetition of sounds at the end of words

Her eyes were as bright as the sun.

A comparison of two unlike things without using "like" or "as"

a pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry

A figure of speech in which natural sounds are imitated in the sounds of words

The literary device most often used in MLK's "I Have a Dream"

A type of figurative language in which a nonhuman subject is given human characteristics

Her hair is a golden ray of sunlight.

Repetition of sounds at the beginning of words

A common expression that doesn't make sense if you take it literally.

The wind was whispering in the night.