when an image is created in the reader's mind by appealing to the reader's five senses

the choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing

a comparison of two unlike things

a comparison of two unlike things using "like" or "as"

an extreme exaggeration

giving human qualities to something nonhuman

an expression that doesn't mean exactly what it says

the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words

the repetition of vowel sounds within words

a word that represents a sound

correspondence of sound between words or the endings of words

a group of lines in a poem

a strong, regular, repeated pattern of movement or sound

termination of the line of a poem and the beginning of a new line

a regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables that defines the rhythm of some poetry