poem

Alliteration

When the author uses the same letter or sounds to begin each word in a string of words.

Assonance

Repetition of sounds produced by vowels within a sentence or phrase.

Connotation

The associations people make with words that go beyond the literal or dictionary definition.

Consonance

Repetition of sounds in quick succession produced by consonants within a sentence or phrase.

Couplet

Two lines of verse, usually in the same meter and joined by rhyme, that form a unit.

free verse

poetry that does not rhyme or have a regular meter

Imagery

he author uses words and phrases to create "mental images for the reader, especially evoking the five senses.

metaphor

: Comparing two unlike things by highlighting a specific similarity.

narrative

A report of related events presented to readers

Onomatopoeia

Sound words whose pronunciation to the actual sound they represent.

Repitition

The use of the same word or phrase multiple times.

Rythmn

The feeling of a written piece expressed through stressed and unstressed syllables

Simile

Comparing two unlike things by highlighting a specific similarity using like or as.