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| story with literal and symbolic meaning |
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| reference to a well-known person, place, and event |
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| word or phrase with letter transposed (weird --> wired) |
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| comparison of two pairs that have the same relationship (hot:cold) |
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| repetition of words and phrases |
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| inversion of normal word order |
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| address of a non-existent person/thing |
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| repetition of vowel sounds |
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| "flowers are lovely, love is flowerlike" |
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| repetition of consonant sounds |
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| substituting a word for another closely associated word |
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| placed side to side for comparison |
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| substituting a less offensive word in place of the original offensive word |
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| using a part to represent the whole |
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| rhymed words at the end of the line(s) |
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| excessive use of conjunctions |
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| main clause held at the end |
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