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| writing or speech that is not meant to be taken literally |
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| the use of words to imitate sounds |
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| compares two unlike things; describes something as something else (direct comparison) |
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| comparison using "like" or "as" |
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| a group of lines that forma a unit in a poem |
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| repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words |
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| repetition of the same sounds usually at the end of words |
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| pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in spoken or written language |
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| gives human-like qualities to something non-human |
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| element repeated (word, phrase, or line) |
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| rhythm pattern -- look at the stressed and unstressed symbols |
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