Poetry Terms
Prose- writing or speaking in the normal or ordinary form; it is arranged in sentences and paragraphs.
Poetry- a piece of literature written in meter or verse.
Literal- the standard meaning of a word.
Figurative- departure from the standard meaning of a word.
Hyperbole- great exaggeration used emphasize strong feeling.
Smilie- a comparison of one thing with another by the use of the word "like" or "as".
Metaphor- a figure of speech in which a person or an, object, or an idea is imaginatively transformed. It may be by comparison, but not need not be.
Personification- granting human attributes to things that are not human.
Rhythm- pattern of stressed and unstressed sounds in a line of poetry.
Alliteration- the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words to produce a noticeable effect.