Poetry Terms

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

Onomatopoeia- a word whose sound imitates the actual sound to which it refers, such as pop, sizzle, crush.

Imagery- the use of concrete details that appear to the five senses

Cacophony- a succession of harsh, jolting sounds

Euphony- a succession of smooth, harmonious sounds

Assonance- the repetition of vowel sounds followed by unlike consonant sounds in stressed words or syllables