Similes:figures of speech that compares two unlike things, using the wordslikeoras.
"His feet were as big as boats."
Alliteration:the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words.
"Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers."
Metaphor:a figure of speech that compares two unlike things directly, without the use oflikeoras.
"Her hair is silk."
Personification:assigning human qualities to non-human things.
"The tropical storm slept for two days."
Onomatopoeia:words that imitate sounds.
"Boom. Gurgle. Plink."
Hyperbole:an expression of exaggeration.
"I nearly died laughing."Symbolism:using an object to represent an idea. A symbol means what it is and also something more.Lions often symbolize royalty.Puns:words with a humorous double meaning, a "play on words.""A dog not only has a fur coat but also pants."Idioms:expressions that have a meaning apart from the meanings of the individual words."It's raining cats and dogs."Foot:the time period into which the beat of the poetic line is divided. A foot is made up of severalsyllables, some long and some short.Meter:refers to how the feet are put together to form lines of poetry. The combinations of longand short syllables give poetry a musical feel.
Rhythm:the pattern of long and short syllables in a poetic line. In modern poetry, some words receive greater vocal emphasis than others.
Lyrics:what poets write, the actual words used to form the framework of rhythm and meter.
Mood:the overall feeling the poem creates. Mood, or tone, for example, can be playful, sad, lonely, angry or joyful.
