poetry terms and techniques vocabulary list. simile: compares two unlike things with the word like...
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Simile: Compares two unlike things with the word like or as.
Dry earth cracked like a jigsaw puzzle.
Metaphor: Compares two unlike things
without using a comparison word
(such as like or as).
The swollen river stampedes past.
Hyperbole: Uses exaggeration for a
special, often humorous, effect.
A million degrees on the thermometer, and I still can’t go swimming.
Alliteration: The repetition of
consonant sounds at the beginning of
words.
The wicked wind laughs long and loud.
Line breaks: Control the rhythm of a
poem as it is read. Readers tend to
pause slightly at the end of a line.
We crest the rise and thenPlummet!
Onomatopoeia: The use of words that
sound like what they name.
Plop! Splat! Raindrops clap the roof
and tap the skylight.
Repetition: The use of the same word or phrase
more than once, for emphasis or
for rhythm.
Hot today, so very.Hot as a coal stove.Hot as a steam iron.
Hot as hot can be.
Rhyme: The use of words whose
endings sound alike.
The dumpster lids are loaded downwith white snow; in the street it’s brown.