STANZA
group of lines
LINE
single row
RHYME SCHEME
rhyming
SOUND DEVICE
emphasizes sounds words make
STRUCTURAL ELEMENT
organizational pattern
IMAGERY
pictures in a person's mind
HYPERBOLE
exaggeration
ONOMATOPOEIA
a word that is the name of a sound
SIMILE
compared using like or as
SOUND
authors personality or viewpoint
FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
deeper meaning than the literal meaning of the words
FIRST PERSON POINT OF VIEW
narrator tells their story - I or we
THIRD PERSON POINT OF VIEW
narrator is observing the events - he she they them
AUTHOR'S MESSAGE
the main idea, theme, or lesson
PERSONIFICATION
human characteristics are given to non-human objects
METAPHOR
comparison does NOT use like or as