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Anaphora the repetition of the same phrase, word, or clause Alliteration the repetition of (inital) consonant sounds Consonance the repetition of consonant sounds among words (usually at the end) Assonance the repetition of similar vowel sounds Onomatopoeia the word is the sound, the sound is the word Tenor the object being described in a metaphor Vehicle the word/phrase used to describe Conceit an extended and exaggerated comparison popularized by 17th century poets of which John Donne is most famous Pun a double entendre; play on word sound Paradox language contradicts itself; heightens tension Refrain repetition of a line end-stopped lines lines ending with punctuation vs... Enjambed lines lines ending with no punctuation with the implicit understand that they continue to the next line without stopping Apostrophe direct address to a figure of abstract quality Oxymoron two contradictory terms are placed side by side Euphony sound combinations pleasing to the ear Cacophony sound combinations hard and strident to the ear Juxtapose / Juxtaposition place two unlike/opposite things together to heighten contrast Meter a pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables that repeats Caesura a pause in the regular rhythm and meter of a line