| A | B |
|---|
| The repetition of initial consonant sounds in accented syllables | Alliteration |
| The repetition of vowel sounds in stressed syllables containing dissimilar consonant sounds | Assonance |
| The repetition of consonance sounds that appear anywhere in a word | Consonance |
| The rhyming of words at the ends of two or more lines of poetry | End Rhyme |
| When a line of poetry extends on the following line and forces the reader to follow the word in order to complete an idea | Enjambment |
| Poetry not written in a regular, rhythmical pattern, or meter | Free Verse |
| A humorous verse of five lines. Lines one, two, and five rhyme, as do lines three and four | Limerick |
| A poem expressing the observations and feelings of a single speaker | Lyric Poetry |
| A figure of speech in which one thing is spoken of as though it were something else | Metaphor |
| The use of words that imitate sounds | Onomatopoeia |
