Metaphor - Compares without using “like” or “as”. e.g. "He's a cheetah on the race track.", Simile - Compares using “like” or “as”. e.g. "He's as fast as a cheetah.", Alliteration - Repeats sounds at the beginnings of words. e.g. "Cheetahs choose to chase Charles around Charleston.", Hyperbole - Exaggerations. e.g. "I was dying of laughter.", Onomatopoeia - Writing out sounds. e.g. "Bam! Pow! Achoo! Quack.", Stanza - Separated "paragraphs" in a poem, Refrain - Repeated phrase/line in a poem. e.g. "Do not go gentle into that good night.", Figurative Language - Using basic words to convey non-literal meanings and abstract concepts., Structure - The layout and organization of a poem on the page, influencing its overall impact and readability., Punctuation - Periods, commas, semi-colons, question marks, etc., Grammar - Using upper of lower case letters, spelling, order of words in a phrase or sentence, Personification - Giving human-like characteristics to inanimate objects. e.g. "The trees laughed as the wind blew through the leaves.", Extended metaphor - When an entire poem is one comparison without using like or as, Speaker - The voice of the poem. For Poet X, that's Xiomara., Characterization - Identifying the traits and personality of a character, Conflict - Man vs man; man vs society,

Figurative Langauge vs Structure

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