| A | B |
| SIMILE | comparing two unlike things by using "like" or "as" |
| METAPHOR | comparing two unlike things by calling one thing another |
| PERSONIFICATION | giving human qualities to things that aren't human |
| IMAGERY | language that appeals to the five senses |
| ALLITERATION | repetition of beginning consonant sounds of words in lines of poetry |
| RHYTHM | the pattern created by stressed and unstressed syllables |
| REPETITION | repeating words or phrases to emphasize something |
| RHYME | repeating sounds at the ends of words |
| SONNET | a 14 line poem |