| Term | Definition |
|---|
| alliteration | repetition of initial consonant sounds |
| connotation | the implied or suggested meaning of a word; emotional overtones of the word; what it suggests to the reader |
| couplet | two consecutive rhyming lines |
| denotation | the literal definition of a word |
| figure of speech | a word or phrase that identifies or describes something in a way that is not literally true, but may be meanigful in a deeper sense |
| hyperbole | gross exaggeration for effect |
| irony | an unexpected twist; the contrast between what is expected to happen and what actually occurs |
| metaphor | a direct comparison |
| onomatopoeia | the use of words whose sounds imitate natural sounds |
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