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the repetition on consonant sounds in words that are close to one another. |
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a reference to a statement, person, place, event, or thing that is known from literature, history, religion, mythology, politics, sports, science, or pop culture. |
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| the repetition of similar vowel sounds followed by different consonant sounds in words that are close together. |
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a writer's or speaker's choice of words. |
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rhyme that takes place at the end of a line or verse. |
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| when the sense or sentence of a verse of poetry extends onto the next line. |
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| a pattern of one unaccented syllable followed by an accented syllable. |
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language that appeals to the senses. |
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| rhyme that takes place within a line of verse. |
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| a figure a speech that makes a comparison between two seemingly unlike things without a connective word. |
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a figure of speech that employs a word that imitates the sound it is describing. |
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| the repetition of words, phrases or sentences that have the same grammatical structure or that restate a similar idea. |
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| a kind of metaphor where a nonhuman or nonliving thing or quality is talked about as if it were human or alive. |
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| a figure of speech that makes a comparison between two seemingly unlike things by using connectives. Eg; as, like, than. |
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a group of consecutive lines in a poem that form a single unit. |
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| a person, place, thing, or event that stands both for itself and for something beyond itself. |
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the central idea or insight about human experience revealed in a work of literature. |
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the attitude a writer takes toward the reader, a subject, or a character. |
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the apparent speaker in the poem. |
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