Figurative Language AMS

The repetition of consonant sounds anywhere in words

A comparison of two things using "like" or "as"

The writer's choice of words

The repetition of beginning consonant sounds in words.

A two-line stanza, usually rhymed

A phrase that combines two seemingly contradictory elements

Poems that are written as the author chooses

An object, person, or action that signifies more than itself

A pattern of accented and unaccented syllables

The writer's attitude toward a subject

A comparison of two things without using like or as

The repetition of vowel sounds in words

A poem that tells a story

The use of words that sound like the objects they describe

A description of non-human objects or ideas using human characteristics

Emphasis given to a word or syllable

Mental pictures that are created with words

An exaggeration

The rhyming of words at the ends of two or more lines

The emotion you feel when you read a poem