| couplet | two lines created for each other |
| alliteration | repetition of consonant sound |
| consonance | constant repetition of sound |
| assonance | repetition of a vowel |
| figurative language | describes one thing in terms of something else and is not literally true |
| free verse | poetry free of a regular meter or rhyme scheme |
| imagery | appeals to the senses; vivid image created in mind |
| limerick | often humorous five-line verse; rhyme scheme (aabba) |
| metaphor | comparison between two unlike things in which one thing becomes another thing |
| onomatopoeia | use of a word whose sound imitates or suggests its meaning |
| personification | a nonhuman or nonliving thing is talked about as if it were human |
| refrain | a repeated word, phrase, line, or group of lines (poem, songs, speeches) |
| rhyme | repetition of accented vowel sounds and all sounds following them |
| end rhyme | rhymes at the end of the line |
| internal rhyme | rhymes within the lines |
| simile | comparison between two unlike things using a word such as like, as, than or resembles |
| stanza | group of lines that form a unit |
| symbol | person, place, thing, or an event that has its own meaning and stands for something beyond itself as well |