| Term | Definition |
|---|
| alliteration | repetition of initial constant sounds |
| allusion | a reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, work of art that the poet expects the reader to recognize |
| connotation | the implied or suggested meaning of a word |
| couplet | two consecutive rhyming lines |
| denotation | the literal definition of a word |
| figure of speech | word or phrase that identifies or describes something in a way that is not literally true |
| hyperbole | gross exaggeration for effect |
| situational irony | 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 |
| personification | giving an object or an animal human qualities or characteristics |
| rhyme scheme | the pattern of rhymes at the end of lines in a poem |
| sarcasm | saying something and meaning the exact opposite |
| similie | a comparison using like or as |
| speaker | the narrator, point of view, or persona through whom the poet is speaking |
| stanza | lines grouped together to form a division of a poem |
| symbol | an object, person, place, event that stands for something else |
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