a second, suggested meaning of a word, consisting of the suggestions, associations, and emotional overtones attached

A comparison between two unlike things using “like” or “as”

Compares two unlike things by speaking of one thing as if it were another

When nonhumans (animals, objects) are represented as being human or as having human attributes

Overstatement; extreme exaggeration for the purpose of making a point

Use of an object, person, place, or event that has both a meaning in itself and stands for something larger

A metaphor carried throughout the text

An implied or indirect reference to something the reader should recognize

Group of lines forming a unit in a poem or song, similar to paragraph in prose

A passage repeated at regular intervals with variations, usually in a poem or song

The act of talking while or as if alone, the character’s inner thoughts

Provides a reader with information not given to other characters

Tells a story (includes ballads, epics)

Poetry not written in a regular, rhythmical pattern, or meter

Repetition of the initial sounds or stressed syllables in words close together

The recurrence of sounds, words, phrases, lines, or stanzas used for emphasis in writing

A regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem. Use lowercase letters to identify the last word in each line.

The repetition in words of identical or similar vowel sounds followed by different consonant sounds.

Consonance is the repetition of the same consonant or consonant pattern two or more times in short succession.

language not meant to be taken literally