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Similie |
A comparison of two unlike things using the words lire or as |
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Rhyme scheme |
The pattern formed ny assigning letters to each new end rhyme in a poem |
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Allusion |
A reference in literature to a famous person, place, or thing from the bible, mythology, or other literary work |
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Lyric |
Poetry which expresses the speakers emotions and thoughts |
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Folk Ballad |
A short, musical, narrative poem with an oral tradition, often about tragic love or heroism |
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Sonnet |
A 14-line lyric poem of iambic pentameter and a set rhyme scheme |
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Stanza |
A group of consecutive lines in a poem that create a single unit |
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Personification |
Assigning human qualities to an object, idea, or animal |
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Diction |
An author's choice of words based on their correctnes, clarity, or effectiveness |
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Metaphor |
A comparison of two or more things not using like or as |
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Blank verse |
Unrhymed iambic pentameter |
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Imagery |
The words or phrases an author selects, using sensory details, to create a picture in the reader's mind |
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Haiku |
A seventeen syllable, three-line poem, usually about nature, with a suggestion of deeper meaning |
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Parallelism |
The repitition of phrases or sentences that are alike in structure or meaning |
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Hyperbole |
An exaggeration or overstatement used for effect |
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Onomatopoeia |
A word whose sound imitaes or suggests its meaning |
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Enjambment |
The running over of a sentence or thought from one line to the next |
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Refrain |
The repition of a line in a poem at regular intervals, especially at the end of a stanza |
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Assonance |
The repition of vowel sounds without repition of consonants |
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Meter |
The patterned repitition of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry |
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Scanning |
Marking the stressed and unstressed syllables and the number of feet in a line of poetry to determine if the rhythm of the poem has a regular, measurable pattern |
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Free verse |
Poetry which has no regular rhythm or rhyme scheme |
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Couplet |
Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme and usually express a completed thought |
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Tone |
A writers or speakers attitude toward their subject |
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Iambic pentameter |
A metric line consisting of five feet of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable |
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Figurative language |
Language that creates a special effect or feeling by comparing, exaggerating, or meaning something other than what it first appears to mean |
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Parody |
A form of literature intended to achieve a comic effect by mocking a particular literary work or its style |
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Alliteration |
Repitition of initial consonant sounds |
