| Description | Device |
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| A poem written in unrhymed iambic pentameter? | |
| an unpleasant combination of unpleasant sounds | |
| When a person, place or thing is referred to by something closely related to it? E.g. 'The white house' for the President | |
| Calling out to an imaginary, dead or absent person? | |
| The unifying idea of the literary work that provides insight of the human condition | |
| poetry with lines of varying lengths and containing no specific rhyme, or metrical pattern | |
| A long speech made by a character when no one else is on stage, often found in Shakespeares work | |
| Compares two things with the use of like or as | |
| a poetic theme that emphasizes seizing the day | |
| a figure of speech that compares two unlike things, using like or as | |
| The use of language to portray a vision, feeling, smell or taste? | |
| Choice of words | |
| Repetition of similar or the same consoant sounds in words that are near each other? | |
| | Description | Device |
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| Repetition of word or phrase at the beginning of two or more sentances in a row? | |
| the unit of measurement in a line of poetry | |
| a part of speech in which the part represents the whole. E.g. 'Please lend a hand' | |
| The attitude of the author towards the subject of the work that is evident through the use of literary resources | |
| a pause within a line of poetry | |
| A long, elaborate metaphor | |
| Similar to meter; recurrences of stressed and unstressed syllables at equal intervals | |
| Repetition of similar vowel sounds in words that are close together? | |
| Reference to something from religion, history, literature, politics or another branch of culture? | |
| When an inanimate object is giving human characteristics | |
| A person, place or thing that represents something more than itself | |
| Words that make a sound. Boom! Bam! | |
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