1. Poetic Terms Unlocking the poem

2. Alliteration The repetition of initial identical consonant sounds or any vowel sounds in successive or closely associated syllables, especially stressed syllables Peter Piper had a peck of pickled peppers Shelby sells seashells by the sea shore Rubber baby buggy bumpers

3. Allusion A figure of speech that makes a brief reference to a historical or literary figure, event, or object. It taps the knowledge and memory of the reader to secure a resonant emotional effect

4. Assonance Same or similar vowel sounds in stressed syllables that end with different consonant sounds Lake / Fate Toad / Rope

5. Consonance The relation between words in which the final consonants in the stressed syllables agree, but the words that precede them differ Torn / Burn Mill / Fall

6. Dissonance Harsh and inharmonious sounds, a marked breaking of the music of poetry, which may be intentional

7. Enjambment The continuation of the sense and grammatical construction of a line on the next verse or couplet

8. Hyperbole Grand exaggeration “I ate a million fries.” “I died of embarrassment.” “He slept for 100 hours.”

9. Image Representation of a sensory experience or of an object that can be known by one or more of the senses

10. Metaphor An analogy identifying one object with another and ascribing to the first object one or more of the qualities of the second

11. Meter The recurrence in poetry of a rhythmic patters, or the rhythm established by the regular occurrence of similar units of sound Iambic- / Trochaic / - Spondaic // Anapestic - - / Dactylic / - - Pyrrhic - -

12. Metonymy A figure of speech which substitutes one term with another being associated with that term All hands on deck The rancher owns 5000 head of cattle

13. Onomatopoeia Words that sound like the sound they describe Bam!Bang! Crash!El-Kabong!

14. Oxymoron A self-contradictory combination of words Jumbo shrimp Long shorts Country music

15. Paradox A statement that, although seemingly contradictory or absurd, may actually be well-founded or true

16. Personification Attributing human characteristics to non- human entities Mickey MouseA smiling dog Thomas the Tank Engine Any of the Toy Story movies

17. Rhyme Identity of terminal sound between accented syllables, usually occupying corresponding positions in two or more lines of verse. The correspondence of sound is based on the vowels and succeeding consonants.

18. Simile A comparison of two dissimilar things using “like” or “as” My love is like a red, red rose Life is like a box of chocolates He was red as a beet

19. Stanza A recurrent grouping of two or more verse lines in terms of length, metrical form, and, often, rhyme scheme. Breaks are made in thought as well as form; a poet’s paragraph

20. Symbolism The use of one object to represent or suggest another

21. Synecdoche A figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole “The White House asked the television networks for air time next week.” “Detroit is still hard at work on an SUV that runs on rain forest trees and panda blood.” --Conan O’Brien

22. Synaesthesia Describing one sense in terms of another Loud shirt The smell of turquoise

23. Tone The attitudes toward the subject and toward the audience implied in a literary work