alliteration
repetition of initial consonant sounds (Farting Flamingos)
allusion
a passing reference or indirect mention
apostrophe
address to an absent or an imaginary person
assonance
likeness of sound/partial rhyme, made by vowel sounds (The cry of the siren)
ballad
a songlike poem that tells a story
caesura
a break or pause in the middle of a verse line
connotation
the figurative meaning of a word (what it suggests)
consonance
the repetition of sounds especially at the ends of words
denotation
the dictionary definition of a word
enjambment
continuation from one line of verse to the next line
figurative language
writing or speech that is not meant to be taken literally, used to state ideas in vivid and imaginative ways
hyperbole
an exaggerated used to heighten effect
imagery
the art of making images (usually refers to figurative language)
limerick
a humorous, rhyming five line poem with a specific rhyme scheme
metaphor
(type of figurative language) the direct comparison between to unlike things
extended metaphor
A metaphor that develops beyond a single sentence or phrase
narrative poem
a story told in verse
onomatopoeia
using words that imitate the sound they denote
personification
(type of figurative language) the giving of human qualities to something inhuman or an object
prose
ordinary speech or writing
rhyme
the repetition of sounds at the end of words
end rhyme
rhyming of words at the ends of lines
internal rhyme
the rhyming within lines
rhyme scheme
a regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem
rhythm
movement of action marked by regular recurrence
similie
(type of figurative language) the comparison of two unlike things using as or like
sonnet
a poem of 14 lines, with a prescribed meter and definite rhyme scheme
speaker
whoever
speaks
the poem, the imaginary voice assumed by the writer of a poem
stanza
a group of lines of verse considered a unit (think paragraph)
tone
the poet's or speaker's attitude toward the subject, the reader, or him/herself (It can be using words like serious, sad, cheerful, amused, delighted, to name several)
verse
writing that has a meter. Free verse however, is not written in a rhythmical pattern