Alliteration
The repetition of initial consonant sounds
Assonance
The repetition of vowel sounds
Imagery
Words or phrases that appeal to any sense or any combination of senses
Metaphor
A comparison between two objects with the intent of giving clearer meaning to one of them. Often forms of the "to be" verb are used, such as "is" or "was", to make the comparison
Meter
The recurrence of a pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables
Onomatopoeia
The use of words which imitate sound
Personification
A figure of speech which endows animals, ideas, or inanimate objects with human traits or abilities
Point-of-view
The author's point-of-view concentrates on the vantage point of the speaker, or "teller", of the story or poem (1st person: the speaker is a character in the story or poem and tells it from his/her perspective, 3rd person limited: the speaker is not part
Repetition
The repeating words, phrases, lines, or stanzas
Rhyme
The similarity of ending sounds existing between two words
Simile
A comparison between two objects using a specific word or comparison such as "like", "as", or "than
Stanza
A grouping of two or more lines of a poem in terms of length, metrical form, or rhyme scheme