slant rhyme
oxymoron
couplet
quatrain
imagery
perfect rhyme
idiom
personification
tercet
hyperbole
language to represent objects, actions, and ideas in such a way that it appeals to our physical senses.
the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form.
a phrase or expression that typically presents a figurative, non-literal meaning attached to the phrase. a "figure of speech."
exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.
a type of rhyme with words that have similar, but not identical sounds, like "worm" and "swarm."
a rhyme exemplified by homonyms, such as "bear/bare" or "wear/where" or a rhyme in which different consonants are followed by identical vowel and consonant sounds, such as in "moon" and "June."
a stanza of four lines, especially one having alternate rhymes.
two lines of verse, usually in the same meter and joined by rhyme, that form a unit.
a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction (e.g. faith unfaithful kept him falsely true ).
a set or group of three lines of verse
