Alliteration - The repetition of beginning consonant sounds

Allusion - A reference to a mythological, literary, or historical person, place or thing

Apostrophe - A form of personification in which the absent or dead are spoken to as if present and the inanimate, as if animate

Assonance - Repetition of vowel sounds in a series of words

Blank Verse - iambic pentameter unrhymed

Conceit - Very elaborate comparisons between unlikely objects

Diction - Word choice

Consonance - Repetition of a consonant sound with a series of words to produce a harmonious effect

Enjambment - the running-on of a line of poetry into another

Free verse - verse free of meter and, generally rhyme.

Hyperbole - a deliberate, extravagant, and often outrageous exaggeration

iambic pentameter - a line of ten syllables using the pattern of unstressed/stressed

Imagery - The use of words to represent things, actions, or ideas by sensory description

Irony - The discrepancy between appearance and reality

Verbal irony - The result of a statement saying one thing while meaning the opposite

situational irony - occurs when a situation turns out differently from what one would normally expect, though often the twist is oddly appropriate

Dramatic irony - occurs when a character says or does something that has more or different meanings from what he thinks it means, though the audience and/or other characters do understand the full ramifications of the speech or action

Metaphor - an implied comparison