Deliberate repetition for vowel sounds for poetic effect in a sentence or line of poetry
Assonance
Recurrence of initial consonant sound for poetic effect in a sentence or line of poetry
Alliteration
Sensory language
Imagery
A direct comparison of two different yet somehow similar ideas or objects
Metaphor
Giving human qualities to non human objects
Personification
Techniques to make characters come to life: how they look, other’s comments, narrators comments, providing emotions, providing dialogue
Characterization
Time and place if plot events
Setting
The intended recipients of a work
Audience
The voice of a poem
Speaker
Used when speaking to a group or giving commands
2nd person