Alliteration—the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words that are close together assonance—the repetition of similar vowel sounds in two or more words that start with different consonants (example: mellow wedding bells) consonance—the repetition of consonant sounds at the ends of accented syllables (example: wind and sand) hyperbole—a figure of speech that uses an exaggeration; also called an overstatement (example: i caught a million fish.) understatement —the opposite of overstatement; a figure of speech used to make something seem less important than it really is imagery—the use of words to describe sensory experience, such as sight, smell, or touch personification—a figure of speech in which an object or animal is spoken of as having human traits, such as thoughts, feelings, or attitudes end rhyme—the matching of similar sounds in two or more words that occur at the end of two or more lines internal rhyme—a rhyme between two or more words that occurs within a line of a poem repetition—repeating the same sounds, words, phrases, lines, or stanzas in order to emphasize an idea metaphor—a comparison between two unlike things in which one thing is said to be something else simile—a comparison between two things through words such as like or as