Poetry Terms

the repetition of consonant sounds in words that are close together

ex. - "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers."

• Assonance

• Alliteration

• Consonance

• Onomatopoeia

the repetition of similar vowel sounds followed by a different consonant sound.

• Assonance

• consonance

• refrain

• rhyme

the repetition of the same or similar final consonant sounds on accented syllables

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

• consonance

• rhyme

a word, phrase, line, or group of lines that is repeated for effect.

• refrain

• metaphor

• simile

• metonymy

the repetition of vowel sounds in accented syllables and all succeeding syllables

• repetition

• rhyme

• hyperbole

• Oxymoron

a figure of speech that uses incredible exaggeration or overstatement

• simile

• figurative language

• hyperbole

• personification

a figure of speech in which a person, place, or thing is referred to by something associated with it

ex. my wheels- meaning my car

• oxymoron

• metonomy

• cliche

• personification

a word or phrase, often a figure of speech, that has become lifeless because of overuse

• conceit

• cliche

• `rhyme

• rhythm

a figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human characteristics such as feelings, movement of limbs, language, etc.

• personification

• onomatopoeia

• simile

• imagery

rhyme that occurs on the end of the line

• slant rhyme

• end rhyme

• internal rhyme

• couplet