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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 alliteration | the repetition of initial consonant sounds |
| meter | rhythm as given by division into parts of equal time |
| allusion | a reference to another work of literature, person, or event |
| metric foot | a unit of poetic meter (usually one stressed and one or two unstressed syllables). These terms are used for the metric feet and line lengths most common in English poetry: |
| ambiguity | unclearness because of having more than one meaning |
| mood | the feeling created in a reader by a literary work or passage |
| antecedents | preceding events or circumstances that influence what comes later. |
| narrator | The person telling the story |
| archetype | A recurring symbol, character, found in myth and literature across different cultures and eras. |
| ode | a poem usually addressed to a particular person, object, or event that has stimulated deep and noble feelings in the poet |
| assonance | Repetition of a vowel sound within two or more words in close proximity |
| onomatopoeia | a word that imitates the sound it represents |
| paraphrase | express the same message in different words |
| analogy | a comparison of two different things that are similar in some way |
| diminution | a decrease or reduction of size |
| sonnet | a verse form consisting of 14 lines with a fixed rhyme scheme |
| personification | the act of attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas etc. |
| ballad | a song or songlike poem that tells a story |
| plot | the sequence of events in a story or poem |
| cinquain | a short poem consisting of five, usually unrhymed lines containing, respectively, two, four, six, eight, and two syllables. |
| quatrain | a stanza or poem of four lines, usually with alternate rhymes |
| connotation | the feelings or emotions surrounding a word |
| repetition | the repeated use of the same word or word pattern as a rhetorical device |
| consonance | the repetition of consonants (or consonant patterns) especially at the ends of words |
| rhyme | be similar in sound, especially with respect to the last syllable |
| couplet | Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme. |
| rhyme scheme | the pattern of rhyme in a poem |
| denotation | The dictionary definition of a word |
| sensory images | the use of words to create pictures in the reader's mind; using the 5 senses |
| diction | a writer's or speaker's choice of words |
| simile | a figure of speech that makes a direct comparison between two unlike subjects using like or as |
| atmosphere | a distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing |
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