| A | B |
|---|
| Imagery | words that appeal to the senses |
| irony | the difference between what is expected to happen and what really happens |
| metaphor | comparison of two unlike things |
| simile | comparison of two unlike things using like or as |
| meter | consistent rhythm combined with lines of set length |
| hyperbole | exaggerated expression |
| free verse | poetry that does not follow a set meter or rhyme |
| foreshadowing | clues given by an author determining what will happen later |
| inference | judgment based upon reader's knowledge as well as information gained in the reading |
| onmatopoeia | when a word sounds like its meaning |
| repetition | words, phrases, images or ideas are repeated for emphasis |
| rhyme | words making the same sound at the end of a line in poetry |
| theme | main idea or central message in a story |
| cliche' | overused (but true) phrase |
| idiom | strange (or quirky) turn of phrase understood in its culture |
| personification | giving human qualities to something not human |
| assonance | repetition of vowel sound in two or more words |
| consonance | repetition of consonant sound in two or more words |
| alliteration | repetition of initial sound in two or more words |
| blank verse | a poem that does not rhyme but still follows a set meter |
