Prose- weighting or speaking in the normal or ordinary form; it is arranged in sentences and paragraphs.
Poetry- a piece of literature written in meter or verse.
Literal- the standard meaning of a word.
Figurative- departure from the standard meaning of a word to achieve some special meaning or effect.
Hyperbole- great exaggeration used to emphasize strong feeling.
Simile- a comparison of one thing with another by the use of the word "like" or "as".
Metaphor- a figure of speech in which a person, an object, or an idea is imaginatively transformed.
Personification- granting human attributes to things that are not human.
Rhythm- patterns of stressed or unstressed sound in a line of poetry
Alliteration- the religion of consonant sounds at the beginning of words to produce a noticeable effect.
Onomatopoeia- a whose sound imitates the actual sound to which it refers
Imagery- the use of concrete details that appeal to the five senses.
Cacophony- a succession of harsh, jolting sounds
Euphony- a succession of smooth, harmonious sounds
Assonance- the reptilian of vowel sounds followed by unlike consonant sound in stressed words or syllables.
Consonance- the repetition of a sequence of two or more consonants, but a change in the vowels.
Rhyme- the repetition of word ending sounds specifically the repetition of accented vowels sounds plus an succeeding sounds.
Internal rhyme- rhyme that occurs within a line
End rhyme- rhyme that comes at the end of lines.
Repetition- in poetry, to occur over and over again.