| A | B |
|---|
| alliteration | repeating of consonant sounds |
| apostrophe | addressing someone/thing who's not there |
| hyperbole | exggeration |
| metaphor | comparison "my dad is a bear" |
| onomatopoeia | words that make the sound "buzz" |
| oxymoron | opposite words put together "bitter sweet" |
| personification | giving human characteristics to nonhuman things |
| pun | play on words |
| assonance | repeating vowel sounds |
| ballad | long narrative poem with a chorus |
| similie | comparison using like or as "her smile was like the sun' |
| archetype | perfect example of something |
| narrative poetry | tells a story |
| lyric poetry | expresses emotion |
| monologue | a narrative by one person |
| rhyme scheme | the pattern of rhymes in a stanza |
| repetition | using any element more then once |
| sonnet | a 14 line lyric poem with a set rhyme scheme |
| irony | difference in what is and what seems to be |
| consonance | repetition of consonant sound at the end of a word |
| free verse | no regular beat or meter |
| figurative language | figures of speech including similies, metaphors, etc |
| imagery | making pictures of words |
| rhythem | the patterened flow |
| meter | fixed pattern of accented and unaccented syllables |
