| A | B |
| poetic devices | tools a poet uses to create strong images in poetry |
| rhythm | beat or meter in poetry-pattern of stressed/unstressed syllables |
| rhyme Scheme | pattern of end rhyme aabb |
| end Rhyme | repetition of word ending at the end of lines of poetry |
| internal rhyme | repetition of word ending inside of lines of poetry |
| repetition | the repeating of words and phrases for affect |
| assonance | repetition of vowel sounds |
| consonance | repetition of consonant sounds throughout words |
| alliteration | repetition of consonant sounds at the beginnings of words |
| imagery | language that appeals to the five senses |
| onomatopoeia | words that sound like what they mean |
| hyperbole | exaggeration for effect |
| metaphor | simile comparison of two normally unrelated things |
| Simile | Comparison of two things normally unrelated things using like or as |
| personification | giving human characteristics to non-human things |