Poetry Vocabulary

The emotion a writer is trying to get you to feel

Comparing two things without using either “like” or “as”

When the exact opposite of what you’d expect happens

Exaggeration

A reference to something else

The attitude a writer has toward a subject; the tone of voice you’d use if reading aloud

Repeating consonant sounds in words

The perspective something is written from

Writing in stanzas; poetry

A thing that represents a big idea

Treating an animal or thing as if it was a human

Repeating vowel sounds at the beginning of or in the middle of words

A group of lines in a poem

The pattern of rhymes at the ends of lines in a poem

A figure of speech; a saying

Repeating the same letter or sound at the beginning of words

The big message an author is trying to convey

Where a line of poetry ends

Comparing two things using either “like” or “as”

Language that uses words to mean something more than their dictionary definitions