The repetition of vowel sounds between different consonants, such as in neigh/fade.

A situation or statement in which the actual outcome or meaning is opposite to what was expected.

A  figure of speech in which one thing is referred to as another; for example, “my love is a fragile flower.”

The attribution of human qualities to a nonhuman or an inanimate object.

The use of words that sound like what they mean, such as “hiss,” “buzz,” “slam,” and “boom.”

Repeating sounds, words, phrases, lines, or even entire stanzas. Used as a sound device to underscore the meaning of certain words, to enhance rhythm, or add to the musical quality of the work. (“O, my love is like a red, red rose,…And fare thee well, my only love, and fare thee well a while!”)

A piece of verse, or poem, in which there is a regular recurrence of corresponding sounds, especially. at the ends of lines

The pattern established by the arrangement of rhymes in a stanza or poem, generally described by using letters of the alphabet to denote the recurrence of rhyming lines, such as ababbcc.

 A figure of speech that uses like, as, or as if to make a direct comparison between two essentially different objects, actions, or qualities. For example, “The sky looked like an artist’s canvas.”

Any object, person, or place that has meaning in itself but also stands for something else, usually on an abstract level.