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| repetition of initial consonant sounds in words that are close together |
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| repetition of the same vowel sounds in words close together |
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| a style of poetry defined as a complete thought written in two lines with rhyming ends |
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| the language of a particular class or group of people; dialect is a major technique of characterization that reveals the social or geographic status of a character |
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| sound and pronounced the same way each time |
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| overstating something, usually for the purpose of crating a comic effect |
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| writing or speech not meant to interpreted literally; these usually involve a comparison (metaphors and similes) |
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| using vivid detail in descriptions so that the reader can visualize what is happening |
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| a rhyme that occurs within a line |
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| a mode of expression, through words or events conveying a reality different from and usually opposite to appearance or expectation |
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| a comparison of two unlike things without the use of "as", "than", or "like" |
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| the rhythmic pattern produced when words arranged so that their stressed and unstressed syllables fall into a regular pattern |
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| the use of words to imitate natural sounds |
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| a figure of speech where animals, ideas or objects are given human characteristics |
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| a regularly recurring phrase or verse especially at the end of each stanza or division of a poem r song |
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| the repetition of specially chosen words or phrases to make a point or stress certain ideas for the reader |
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| in poetry, a pattern of repeated sounds |
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| the pattern of rhyme used in a poem generally indicated by matching lowercase letters to show the rhyme pattern |
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| the repetition of stressed and unstressed syllables; the beat of the poem |
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| a comparison of two unlike things, sometimes using "as", "than", or "like" |
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| a stanza usually is a group of lines arranged together in a recurring pattern of metrical lengths |
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| the writer's attitude toward the subject; tone can often be described by a single adjective |
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