Repetition
Sound: repeating a word, phrase, or idea for emphasis or rhythmic effect
end rhyme
Sound: the rhyming of words that appear at the end of two or more lines
rhyme scheme
Sound: a consistent pattern in the end rhymes of an entire poem
internal rhyme
Sound: rhyming words that appear within the same line of poetry
couplet
Sound: a pair of lines that rhyme (usually) and have the same length
alliteration
Sound: repetition of initial consonant sounds in words near each other
consonance
Sound: repetition of consonant sounds (like alliterations, but not limited to just the initial sounds of the words)
assonance
Sound: the repetition of vowel sounds without repeating consonants
rhythm
Sound: the regular (meter)or random (free verse) occurrence of sound in poetry
meter
Sound: the patterned repetition (of stressed and unstressed) syllables in a line of poetry (ex. Iambic pentameter)
free verse
Sound:poetry that does not have a regular meter or rhyme scheme
figurative language
Figurative language: language used to create a special effect or feeling (using a type of interesting or creative comparison)
metaphor
Figurative language: a comparison of two unlike things in which one thing is said to be another thing (ex. Life is a bowl of cherries)
extended metaphor
Figurative language :a metaphor that is carried out throughout the entire poem
simile
Figurative language: comparison of two unlike things using like or as (ex. life is like a box of chocolates)
personification
Figurative language: describing an animal, object or idea as if it were a person; giving human qualities to something non-human
hyperbole
Figurative language: an extreme exaggeration
understatement
Figurative language: a way of emphasizing an idea by talking about it in a restrained manner
imagery
Strong words: the use of words (based on the five senses) to create a certain picture in the reader's mind
enjambment
Form: Ending a line on a word that creates an unnatural or awkward pause or break in the thought (in the clause or phrase).