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| Poetry composed of either rhymed or unrhymed lines that have no set meter |
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| The repetition of similar consonant sounds, especially at the ends of words, as in lost and past or confess and dismiss. |
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| A literary work in which human vice or folly is attacked through irony, derision, or wit. |
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| A dominant theme or central idea. |
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| The direct address of an absent or imaginary person |
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| Something signified or referred to; a particular meaning of a symbol. |
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| comparison based on such resemblance |
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| the repetition of vowel sounds but not consonants in words (as "red hen") for poetic effect |
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| a statement that seems to go against common sense but may still be true |
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| the humorous use of a word in such a way as to suggest different meanings |
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| extravagant exaggeration used to emphasize a point <"mile-high ice cream cones" |
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| hints at a possible outcome of the story |
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