| A | B |
| alliteration | the repetition of beginning sounds |
| onomatopoeia | words whose saounds suggest their meaning |
| end rhyme | the repetition of sounds at the ends of lines of poetry |
| internal rhyme | rhyme within a line of poetry |
| rhythm | the natural rise and fall of language on accented and unaccented syllables |
| assonance | the repetition of vowel sounds but not consonant sounds |
| rhyme scheme | a repetitive pattern of end rhyme in a poem |
| meter | the rhythm pattern of a poem |