Literature Terms
Term
Definition
Example
Poetry Terms and Poetic Sound Devices
Alliteration
Allusion
Assonance
Consonance
Onomatopoeia
Rhyme
Approximate (slant)
Rhyme
End Rhyme
Repetition of the same or very
similar consonant sounds
usually at the beginnings of
words that are close together in
a poem.
Reference to a statement, a
person, a place, or an event
from literature, history, religion,
mythology, politics, sports,
science, or pop culture.
Repetition of similar vowel…
Words 4227 - Pages 17