Alliteration
The repetition of the similar consonant sounds
Allusion
A reference to someone or something that is known from history, literature, religion, etc.
Assonance
Repetition of similar vowel sounds
Diction
Style of speaking or writing as dependent upon choice of words
End rhyme
Rhyming words located at the end of a line
Free verse
Poetry written without concern for regular rhyme schemes and meters
Imagery
Use of language to evoke a picture
Internal rhyme
Words within the same line of poetry have repeated sounds
Metaphor
Direct comparison
Mood
Situations atmosphere
Narrator
Person who tells the story
Onomatopoeia
Word whose sound echoes its meaning
Parallel structure
Repetition of same or similar words
Personification
An object that is given human traits
Setting
Time and place
Symbol
Something that stands for something else
Theme
The insight about human life that is revealed
Hyperbole
Exaggerated statements
Understatement
Presentation of something being less important than it really is
Overstatement
Exaggeration
Apostrophe
Figure of speech in which the poet addresses an absent person, idea, or thing
Paradox
The use of concepts or ideas that are contradictory to one another, yet, when placed together hold significant value
Allegory
Preach some kind of moral lesson
