Word blending the sounds and meanings of two other words

Its dictionary meaning, independent of other associations that the word may have

Set of ideas associated with it in addition to its explicit meaning

Use of words that imitate sounds

Repetition of vowel sounds followed by different consonants in two or more stressed syllables

Repetition of initial consonant sounds to give emphasis to words, to imitate sounds, and to create musical effects

Worn-out expressions, overused comparisons

Reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art

Figure of speech in which the words like or as are used to compare two apparently dissimilar items

Figure of speech in which one thing is spoken of as though it were something else

Character, place, thing, or event that stands for something else, often an abstract idea

Pattern of beats (stresses) in spoken or written language

Regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem

Occurs when rhyming words come within the lines of poetry

Occurs when rhyming words come at the ends of lines of poetry

Repetition of sounds at the ends of words, can be at the end of the lines or within the lines

Repeated line or group of lines

Deliberate exaggeration or overstatement

Combination of words that contradict each other

Writer’s attitude toward his or her audience or subject

Feeling created in the reader by a literary work or passage

Descriptive or figurative language used in literature to create word pictures for the reader, created by details of sight, sound, taste, smell, or movement

Type of figurative language in which a nonhuman subject is given human characteristics

Writing or speech not meant to be interpreted literally, used to create vivid impressions by setting up comparisons between dissimilar things

Use of any element of language more than once, used for musical effects and for emphasis

Poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter lines, widely used by Shakespeare

Line of poetry with five sets of stressed and unstressed syllables, widely used by Shakespeare

Rhythmical pattern determined by the number and arrangement of stressed syllables in each line

Two rhyming lines, usually of the same length and meter

Four lines form the stanza

Repeated grouping of two or more lines in a poem that often share a pattern of rhythm and rhyme

Poetry written to honor someone who has died

Poetry not written in a regular pattern of meter or rhyme

Fourteen-line lyric poem, usually written in rhymed iambic pentameter

Three-line verse form, seeks to convey a single vivid emotion by means of images from nature

Shape poetry in which the meaning or message is partly or wholly conveyed through its shape

Songlike poetry that tells a story, often one dealing with adventure and romance

Long narrative poem about the deeds of gods or heroes, elevated in style and usually follows certain patterns

Poetry that tells a story

Poetry written in highly musical language that expresses the thoughts, observations, and feelings of a single speaker