| A | B |
| alliteration | repetition of sounds in nearby words (initial consonants) |
| assonance | repetition of similar vowel sounds in nearby words |
| consonance | repetition of identical consonant sounds at end or middle of words |
| hyperbole | exaggeration or overstatement for unusual or vivid image |
| metaphor | implied comparison between unlike/different objects |
| onomatopoeia | use of words that sound like meaning of word |
| personification | giving human traits to inanimate objects |
| simile | comparision of 2 different things using "like", "as", "than" |
| concrete poem | poems with shape to look like what it is about |
| narrative poem | poem that tells a story |
| rhyme scheme | patten of rhyme in a poem |
| end rhyme | rhyme in poem appearing at end of lines |
| internal rhyme | rhyme in poem in middle of line and end |
| imagery | image or perception a poem gives |
| stanza | grouping of lines in a poem |