English

Analogy

A comparison between two things, typically for the purpose of explanation or clarification

Allegory

A story, poem, or picture that reveals a hidden meaning, typically moral or political

Alliteration

A series of words that share the same starting sound

Anaphora

The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses or lines

Anapestic

Unstressed-unstressed-stressed

Anthropomorphism

Turning anything non-human into a human-like character(Zootopia, Egyptian gods)

Antimetabole

A line where the exact same words are mirrored in reverse order

Assonance

Repetition of vowel sounds

Auditory imagery

Descriptions using sound, music, or silence

Blank verse

Poetry written in a steady rhythm, typically unrhymed iambic pentameter

Caesura

A pause or break within a line of poetry

Chiasmus

A structure where ideas are repeated in reverse order (ABBA)

Connotation

The implied or emotional meaning of a word

Consonance

Repetition of consonant sounds within or at the end of words

Dactylic

Stressed-unstressed-unstressed

Denotation

The dictionary definition of a word

Doggerel

Comic poetry with irregular rhythm or rhyme

Enjambment

Continuation of a sentence across multiple lines of poetry

Free verse

Poetry without a fixed rhythm or rhyme scheme

Gustatory imagery

Descriptions related to taste

Heroic couplet

Two rhyming lines in iambic pentameter forming a complete thought

Homophone

Words that sound the same but are spelled differently

Hyperbole

Exaggerated language not meant to be taken literally

Iamb

Two syllables that follow the pattern unstressed/stressed

Iambic pentameter

A line of five iambs

Kinesthetic imagery

Descriptions involving movement

Malapropism

Incorrect word used intentionally for humorous effect

Metaphor

A direct comparison saying one thing is another

Meter

The rhythmic pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables

Mood

The feeling created for the reader

Olfactory imagery

Descriptions involving smell

Organic imagery

Descriptions of internal feelings or emotions

Oxymoron

Two opposing ideas placed together

Personification

Giving human traits to non

Polyptoton

Repetition of words with the same root but different forms

Pun

A play on words with multiple meanings

Pyrrhic

Unstressed, unstressed

Rhythm

A pattern of movement or sound

Rhyming couplets

Two consecutive lines that rhyme and have the same rhythm

Scansion

Analyzing a poem’s meter and rhythm

Simile

A comparison using "like" or "as"

Sight rhyme

Words that look like they should rhyme but do not

Soliloquy

Speaking thoughts aloud when alone

Sound rhyme

Words that actually rhyme when spoken

Spondee

Stressed, stressed

Stanza

A grouped set of lines in a poem

Synecdoche

A part representing the whole

Tactile imagery

Descriptions involving touch

Tone

The author’s attitude toward the subject

Trochaic

Stressed

Trochee

A stressed

Verse

A line of poetry

Visual imagery

Descriptions involving sight

Prose

Ordinary written or spoken language