Repeated use of sounds, words, or ideas for effect and emphasis

Two or more word in which the final vowel sound and all of the consonant sounds that follow it are the same.

An off or inexact rhyme like bad and bed.

A direct comparison of two unlike things without using the words "like" or "as"

A comparison of two unlike things using the words "like" or "as"

Giving inanimate objects or ideas human-like qualities

extreme exaggeration

Repetition of initial consonant sounds

Repetition of vowel sounds

The use of words or phrases to paint a picture in the reader's mind (usually using sensory details)

A group of lines in a poem

something concrete that stands for something else, usually something abstract

A word that imitates the sound it represents.

A strong, regular, repeated pattern of movement or sound.

the ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of the lines of a poem or verse.