| A | B |
| alliteration | the repetition of the same sounds within words that are close together |
| onomatopoeia | sound words |
| assonance | repetition of vowel sounds (How Now Brown Cow) |
| consonance | repetition of consonant sounds (tic Tac, Flim Flam) |
| personification | an animal, object, or idea is given human qualities. |
| repetition | the use of a sound, word, or phrase two or more times in a poem |
| ryhme | repetition of sounds in two or more words |
| simile | comparison using like or as |
| metaphor | one thing is spoken about another, unlike thing |
| meter | regular rhythmic pattern |