1. the arrangement of beats or accents in a line of poetry simile 2. a sudden, direct address to an inanimate object or a fictitious person trochaic foot 3. unaccented syllable followed by an accented syllable personification 4. an accented syllable followed by an unaccented syllable iambic foot 5. giving the appearance of saying one thing while meaning something else meter 6. gives human characteristics to inanimate objects, ideas, and animals irony 7. a stated comparison using like or as symbol 8. an implied (unstated) comparison metaphor 9. something that stands for something else apostrophe