Accent: refers to the stressed portion of a word. An accent is used to place emphasis on a word.

Note: stress and accent can be used interchangeably. Allegory: A description that has a second, usually moral meaning. Alliteration: is the repetition of initial (at the beginning) CONSONANT sounds (if it's a vowel repetition, you would call it assonance. Assonance includes any repetition of a vowel sound in any part of the word. It usually occurs in the middle of words). Allusion: refers to an event from an external content. It is understandable only to those with prior knowledge of the reference in question (as the writer assumes the reader has). Apostrophe: Something that addresses an object or person or idea who is not present as though he/she/it could reply. Antithesis: The juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas to create a feeling of balance (e.g Too black for heaven, and yet too white for hell) Assonance: The repetition of vowel sounds may also add to euphony. Aubade: Poetry referring to either the dawn, a love song or about parting lovers. Ballad: A form of poetry in a specific meter meant to be sung. There is always a repeating refrain and it is always narrative in form. See below for more information. Blank verse: Iambic Pentameter that doesn't rhyme. (Much of Shakespeare's plays for example were written in blank verse.) Caesura: A cut or break in a line, could be a comma or a semicolon. Cacophony: Harsh sounding and generally unpleasant. Consonance: The repetition of consonant sounds NOT in the beginning of a word (which would be alliteration). Enforces relation. Continuous Form: Lines follow each other without any type of structural organization except by blocks of meaning. Didactic Poetry: Poetry with a directly morally teaching purpose. Euphony: Pleasant sounding. Extended Figure: An apostrophe, simile, metaphor, etc. which is developed throughout a poem. Imagery: Language which appeals to each of the five senses.

Visual imagery: Sight. The most frequent type. Aural or auditory imagery: Sound. Olfactory imagery: Smell. Gustatory imagery: Taste. Tactile imagery: Touch, tangibility. Organic imagery: Human sensations, hunger for example. Irony: Dramatic or otherwise, conveying an aspect that is intrinsically unexpected or self-contradictory. Metaphor: A comparison between two unlike things without using the words "like" or "as". Onomatopoeia: Words which are written to mimic a sound. (SHAZAM! SPLAT! PLOP!) Paradox: A statement which appears to contradict itself but makes sense (usually in an abstract sense). Personification: Animals and inanitimate objects are given human characteristics. Phonetic Intensive: A word whose sound emphasizes its meaning. Prose: Language which is not in meter. Refrain: A repeated line, phrase, sentence, etc. which appears throughout a poem. Rhetorical Poetry: Poetry written in superfluous language with the intention of being overdramatic. Scansion: The process of measuring verse. Simile: The comparison of two subjects using "like" or "as" or something similar Sonnet: See link. Tone: The writer's attitude toward the subject. Extended Vocabulary: Anaphora: Repetition of the same word or words from the beginning of sentences, lines, or phrases. Conceit: The comparison of two dissimilar things. "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day" Dramatic monologue: Narrator speaks to himself. The speaker is not the author. Epiphany: A realization or comprehension of the essence of something.

Feminine Rhyme: Two syllable (Disyllabic) rhyme consisting of stressed syllable followed by unstressed Incantation: Use of words to create an archaic effect. (Opening scene of Macbeth and the Weird Sisters) Incremental repetition: Repetition of succeeding stanzas with small substitutions of changes. Masculine rhyme: Monosyllabic rhymes. Metonymy: Substitutes the name of one thing with something closely associated with it. Synecdoche: Substitutes a part of one thing to represent the whole, or vice versa. Pathetic fallacy: A reflection of the action/events through nature/weather. (A thunderstorm during the creation of Frankenstein's monster sequence) Persona: The character created by the narrator. Synaesthesia: A blending of sensations. Trope: A way of extending the meanings of words beyond the literal.