Figurative Language
A comparison using like or as
Simile
A figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction
Oxymoron
The repetition of consonant sounds
Alliteration / Consonance
A character who changes throughout a story
Dynamic character
A Japanese form composed of lines with certain #s of syllables, typically 5-7-5
Haiku
An extreme exaggeration made for effect
Hyperbole
An expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference.
Allusion
The repetition of vowel sounds
Assonance
The turning point in a work of fiction
Climax
A poem with 14 lines, usually, but not always with a set rhyme scene, in iambic pentameter.
Sonnet
A direct comparison
Metaphor
The substitution of the name of an attribute or adjunct for that of the thing meant, for example suitfor business executive, or the track for horse racing
Metonymy
Repetition of similar sounds in the final stressed syllables (and any following syllables) of two or more words.
Rhyme
The setting describes the ### and ### a story happens.
time, place
A humorous poem of 5 lines with the rhyme scheme AABBA
Limerick
Giving a non-human thing or animal human traits
Personification
The expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect.
Irony
The rhythm of a piece of poetry, determined by the number and length of feet in a line.
Meter
Characterization in which the author tells the reader what the character is like
Explicit or Direct
A poem that tells a story
Narrative poem
A group of words established by usage as having a meaning not deducible from those of the individual words
Idiom
Visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work.
Imagery
This type of line has five feet, and each foot has : one unstressed syllable, one stressed syllable
Iambic pentameter
Theme
A poem written in memorial to someone who has died
Elegy