Poetry Blackout

Simile- compares 2 things using the words, "like" or "as". She is a sweet as sugar.

Metaphor - compares 2 things without using the words "like" or "as". He is my knight and shining armor.

Personification - giving non-human things, human qualities. The leaves danced in the wind.

Onomatopoeia - SOUND words. The bacon sizzled in the skillet.

Idiom - Is a group of words that mean something different from their real meaning. The ball is in your court.

Imagery - uses your five senses (taste, touch, smell, hear & sight). The trees rustled as the winds whistled gently through the leaves.

Alliteration - The same beginning consonant sound. Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.

Repetition - the repeating of the same words. Stop, stop, stop!

Rhythm - a pattern of stressed syllables. It is like a song. There was an old woman who lived in a shoe.

Rhyme - words, phrases, or lines that sound alike. owl & howl

Tone - is the attitude the poet has towards the audience or the subject. “I shall be telling this with a sigh" - Robert Frost: The Road Not Taken

Mood - the feeling