English Poetry Terms (Sound)

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