imagery

Mind pictures that help readers imagine they are seeing, hearing, tasting, smelling, or touching what the writer is describing 

simile

A figure of speech in which things are compared by stating that one thing is another

metaphor

A figure of speech in which things are compared by stating that one thing is another

personification

A figure of speech in which objects are given human qualities

onomatopoeia

Words that sound like the objects or actions they refer to

alliteration

The repetition of words with the same beginning consonant sounds

assonance

The repetition of a vowel sound in two or more words that are near each other

repetition

A sound, word, or phrase repeated within a line or stanza

end rhyme

Rhyme that occurs at the end of poetic lines

internal rhyme

Rhyme that occurs within lines of poetry