Question | Answer |
The repetition of the same consonant sounds at any place, but often at the beginning of words | Alliteration
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The repetition or a pattern of (the same) vowel sounds | Assonance
| A person, place, or thing comes to represent an abstract idea or concept - it is anything that stands for something beyond itself | Symbol
| A line ending in which the sense continues, with no punctuation, into the following line or stanza | Enjambment
| A special form of alliteration using the softer consonants that create hissing sounds | Sibilance
| The use of pictures, figures of speech and description to evoke ideas feelings, objects actions, states of mind etc. | Imagery
| A figure of speech in which two things are compared, usually by saying one thing is another, or by substituting a more descriptive word for the more common or usual word that would be expected | Metaphor
| A figure of speech in which words are used to imitate sounds | Onomatopoeia
| A figure of speech in which nonhuman things or abstract ideas are given human attributes | Personification
| A phrase, line, or group of lines that is repeated throughout a poem, usually after every stanza | Refrain
| The occurrence of the same or similar sounds at the end of two or more words | Rhyme
| The pattern that is made by the rhyme within each stanza or verse | Rhyme scheme
| A figure of speech in which two things are compared using the word \"like\" or \"as“ | Simile
| Two or more lines of poetry that together form one of the divisions of a poem | Stanza
| The prominence or emphasis given to particular syllables | Stress
| When a word, phrase or image \'stands for\' an idea or theme | Symbol |