alliteration
use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse
assonance
the repetition of similar vowels in the stressed syllables of successive words
hyperbole
a figure of speech that uses extreme exaggeration to express strong emotion, make a point, or evoke humor
imagery
the ability to form mental images of things or events
metaphor
a figure of speech comparing two unlike things without using like or as
mood
the feeling created in the reader by a literary work or passage
onomatopeia
the use of a word or phrase that imitates or suggests the sound of what it describes
personification
the act of attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas etc.
poetry
A kind of rhythmic, compressed language that uses figures of speech and imagery designed to appeal to our emotions and imaginations
simile
a figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed with 'like' or 'as')
stanza
a fixed number of lines of verse forming a unit of a poem
end rhyme
Rhyme that occurs at the end of two or more lines of poetry
exact rhyme
repetition of accented vowel sounds and all sounds following them in words that are close together in a poem
rhyme
correspondence in the sounds of two or more lines (especially final sounds)
internal rhyme
rhyme between words that occurs within a single line of poetry
tone
the quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author