Pun
A joke that comes from a play on words
Assonance
The repetition of vowel sounds within nonrhyming words
Consonance
The repetition of consonant sounds within and at the end of words
Alliteration
The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words
Rhyme
The occurrence of similar or identical sounds at the end of two or more words
Rhyme Scheme
A pattern of end rhymes in a poem
End Rhyme
Rhyme that occurs at the ends of lines of poetry
Near/Slant Rhyme
End rhyme that is not exact but approximate
Internal Rhyme
Rhyme that occurs within a single line of poetry
Onomatopoeia
The use of words whose sounds echo their meanings
Rhythm
A pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry
Repetition
A technique in which a sound, word, phrase, or line is repeated for emphasis or unity
Meter
A regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a poem
Foot
The units of meter in a line of poetry
