| Term | Definition |
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| alliteration | repetition of initial consonant sounds |
| assonance | repetition of vowel sounds without repeating consonants |
| onomatopoeia | use of a word whose sound suggests its meaning |
| anaphora | repetition of same word at beginning of sentence or line |
| epistrophe | repetition of same word at end of sentence or line |
| repetition | repeating of something for emphasis |
| end rhyme/rhyme scheme | rhyming of words that appear at the ends of two or more lines |
| couplet | pair of lines in verse of same length that rhyme |
| internal rhyme | rhyming of the words appears in the same line of poetry |
| rhythm | regular or random occurrence of sound in poetry |
| meter | patterned repetition of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry |
| metaphor | comparison between unlike things |
| simile | comparison between unlike things using like |
| hyperbole | exaggeration for emphasis |
| litotes | figure of speech consisting of an understatement |
| synesthesia | conflation of the senses |
| imagery | word or sequence of words representing a sensory experience |
| allusion | a reference to something outside of the poem |
| symbol | an object or action that stands for something else |
| irony | contradiction of expectation between what is said and what is meant |
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