Meter

Definition: Stressed and unstressed syllables, usually in a pattern.
Example:

Significance: Meters are important in poetry because it adds rhythm to the poem.

Rhyme

Definition: The repetition in sounds from a word. Words rhyme when they sound alike.
Example:

Significance: Rhyme in poetry is important because it makes the poem have rhythm and it makes it more fun. Rhyme makes the poem have more emotion. If the words are funny, rhyming them makes it funnier.

Rhythm

Definition: The beat or pattern a poem has.
Example:

Significance: Rhythm is important in poetry because it adds a beat and pattern to the poem. It helps the poem flow and makes it more fun and easier to read.

Onomatopoeia

Definition: The use of words to make the reader hear sounds.
Example: "beep!" "ding-dong!" "BOOM!"
Significance: Onomatopoeia is important in poetry because it it helps the reader understand the author/ writer/ poet better and easier. You get the idea of the sound the writer was trying to explain.

Imagery

Definition: Connecting yourself to the poem using your five senses. (sight, hear, touch, taste, smell.)
Example: "The Sun was so bright, it burned my eyeballs."
Significance: Imagery is important in poetry because it helps the reader connect with the author of the poem and it makes the reader feel like he/she is in the poem. It adds emotion and importance to the poem.

Personification

Definition: Giving a non-human objects human characteristics.

Example:

Significance: Personification is important in poetry because it helps connect the reader to the object. It can make the poem funnier or more sad.

Simile

Definition: Comparing two things using "like" or "as".
Example: "Her skin was as rough as sandpaper."
Significance: The use of similes are important because it helps compare objects or people.