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figurative language words that create vivid pictures by comparing things inunexpected ways lines rows of words repetition a repeating pattern of sounds, words, phrases, or lines rhythm a pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables sensory language words that describe how things look, smell, feel, taste, and sound metaphor a figure of speech comparing to unlike things without using like or as simile a comparison using like or as personification A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes onomatopoeia Words that sound the way they are spelled. alliteration the repetition of initial consonant sounds repetitions Repeats sounds, words, and/or phrases (non-fluency) stanzas groups of lines in a poem hyperbole extravagant exaggeration lyric poem often has a musical quality, the primary purpose is to express emotions and thoughts narrative poem primary purpose is to tell a story, it often has a beginning, middle and end haiku a japanese poem form that is composed of 3 lines of 5,7,5 (syllables) cinquain a short poem consisting of five, usually unrhymed, lines containing 2, 4, 6, 8, 2 syllables. assonance the repetition of the same vowel sounds either at the beginning of words or inside the words rhyme a repeating pattern in the final sounds of words