Define alliteration
the repetition of a sound at the beginning of a word in a sequence of nearby words
What is this: Sad Slow Snail
Alliteration
The repetition of identical or similar vowels
Assonance
The repetition of final consonant sound or sounds following different vowel sounds in proximate words
Consonance
Moo, purr, quack, buzz, hiss, sizzle
Onomatopoeia
The repetition of sounds at the end of words
Repetition
A pause in a line of poetry dictated not by meter but by natural speaking rhythm.
Caesura
It’s not cold on this 40 degree day.
Understatement
Raining Cats and Dogs
Idiom
An expression where the literal meaning of the words is not the meaning of the expression.
Idiom
It was a bittersweet moment.
Antithesis
An implied comparison between things essentially unlike
Metaphor
a word or an image that signifies something other than what it represents, with multiple meanings and connotations
Symbol
The use of exaggeration for effect
Hyperbole
