| A | B |
|---|
| Unison | How well details in a poem fit together |
| Overstatement | A hyperbole or exaggeration |
| Understatement | Make something sound less important than it is |
| Clarity | The clear a concise use of words |
| Details | Parts pulled out from the poem |
| Personification | Giving inanimate objects animate characteristics |
| Figurative Language | Not using the dictionary definition |
| Imagery | Using words that stimulate the senses |
| Theme | Artistic observation or insight into life |
| Rhythem | A pattern of repeating elements some which are stressed and others that arent |
| Metonomy | Substituting one thing for another that is closely related to it |
| Paradox | Something that sounds contradictory but on further investigation is not |
| Synecdoche | Substituting a part of something for the whole |
| Euphony | Using words that have pleasent sounds |
| Assonance | The close repetition of vowl sounds |
| Carcophony | Using words that have harsh sounds |
| Alliteration | The close repetition of consonent sounds |
| Allusions | Indirect reference to literature, history, religion, mythology, & other areas of public knowledge |
| Denotation | Using the dictionary meaning |
| Conotation | Emotional impact a word has on the reader or audience |
