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| A recurring pattern of two or more lines of verse; poetry's equivalent to the paragraph in prose. |
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| The means by which a literary work conveys its meaning |
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| The attitude toward a subject conveyed in literary work |
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| A brief reference in a text to a person, place or thing-fiction or actual |
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| The literal, dictionary meaning of a word |
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| An association or additional meaning that a word, image, or phrase may carry |
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| A comparison of two things, indicated by some connective. ex: like, as, than |
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| A statement that one thing is something else, which in a literal sense it is not |
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| A figure of speech in which a thing or an animal is endowed with human characteristics |
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| A direct address to someone or something |
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| Exaggeration used to prove a point |
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| A literary device in which the use of words is the opposite of what one really intends |
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| Two or more words that sound alike. |
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| A rhyme that occurs at the end of lines rather than within them |
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| Rhyme that occurs within a line of poetry |
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| A pleasing or sweet sound |
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| A harsh, discordant sound usually mirroring the meaning of the context in which it is used. |
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| The repetition of two or more consonant sounds in successive words in a line or prose |
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| The repetition of two or more vowel sounds in successive words in a line of prose, which creates a kind of rhyme |
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| A literary device that attempts to represent a thing or action by the word that imitates the sound associated with it |
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| A pause within a line of verse |
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| the running on from line to line without a pause |
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| the sense of taste in a poem |
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