| Term | Definition |
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| figurative language | Words or phrases that mean something other than what they literally say. |
| hyperbole | a figure of speech that uses an incredible exaggeration, or overstatement for effect. |
| simile | a comparision using like or as |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which something is described as though it is something else |
| extended metaphor | same as a metaphor, but several connected comparisons are made. |
| personification | A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes |
| poetry | rhythmic, compressed language that uses figures of speech and imagery to appeal to emotion and imagination, often contain rhyme and meter, but not all of the time |
| meter | the rhythmical pattern of the poem that is determined by the number and types of stresses or beats in each line |
| rhyme | repetition of the same stressed vowel sounds, be similar in sound, especially with respect to the last syllable |
| rhyme scheme | the pattern of rhyme throughout a poem; used to lend a certain rhythm to the poem |
| stanza | group of lines that form a unit in a poem |
| alliteration | the repetition of sounds, most often consonant sounds, at the beginning of words. |
| onomatopoeia | the use of words that imitate sounds |
| refrain | regularly repeated line or group of lines in a poem or song |
| repetition | the use, more than once, of any element of language |
| mood | the feeling created by the author in the reader |
| tone | the author's attitude towards his or her subject |
| imagery | descriptive details in words that forms a picture in the reader's mind |
| symbolism | something that is used to represent a greater idea |
| couplet | a stanza with two lines |
| tercet | a stanza with three lines |
| quatrain | a stanza with four lines |
| cinquain | a stanza with five lines |
| sestet | a stanza with six lines |
| heptastitch | a stanza with seven lines |
| octave | a stanza with eight lines |
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