Poetry Terminology

Alliteration

repeated consonant sounds at the beginning of words place near each other

Assonance

Repeating vowel sounds in words placed near each other

Consonance

Repeated consonant sounds at the end of words placed near each other

Repetition

Purposeful re-use of words and phrases for effect

Rhyme

Words that have different beginning sounds but the ends sound alike

Ambiguity

A word or phrase that can mean more than one thing

Anachronism

Things are out of their proper time

Analogy

Comparison, usually something unfamiliar with something familiar.

Animtithesis

Contrasting or combining two terms

Apostrophe

Speaking directly to a real or imagined person or object

Euphemism

Substituting something more polite for something that may be offensive or hurtful.

Metonymy

Person, place, or thing is referred to something closely associated with it

Synecdoche

Letting only a certain part represent the whole part