| A | B |
| iambic pentameter | five sets of one unstressed followed by one stressed syllable |
| internal rhyme | rhyme within a single line of poetry ex. One day I ran with a funny man. |
| onomatopoeia | a word that sounds like what it means (the sound hints at the meaning) ex. buzz |
| repetition | saying again the same word or phrase ex. musical refrain of a song |
| refrain | repeated words in a song |
| figurative language | lauguage that varies from the normal way of saying things for effect; includes all figures of speech ex. the boy is a pig; the girl is a dog |
| metaphor | figure of speech; comparisons of semingly different things without using like or as |
| alliteration | same consonant sounds at the beginning of words within groups of words |