Figurative Language and Poetry Terms
paragraph:story :: ____________________: poem
Words that appeal to the reader's senses and create word pictures
Her eyes are blue like the ocean. This is an example of ____________________________________.
the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words
a type of literature in which words are carefully chosen and arranged to create certain effects
words are used in an imaginative way to create ideas that are not literally true
My sister ate 100 gallons of cookie dough ice cream when her special someone broke her heart.
My computer growled at me when I hit the wrong button.
The German Shepard (dog) was lightning fast.
the use of words whose sounds echo their meaning