 | Term | Definition |
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alliteration |
the repitition of beginning consonant sounds |
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onomatopoeia |
the use of words to mimic sounds |
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simile |
comparing two things using like or as |
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metaphor |
comparing two things directly |
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personification |
giving living qualities to inanimate things |
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oxymoron |
the pairing of two apparently contradictory terms to form a sharper vision |
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hyperbole |
a deliberate exaggeration to achieve an effect |
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pun |
a play on words that have similar sounds but different meanings |
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apostrophe |
addressing the dead as if they were living |
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sonnet |
a 14-line poem usually composed in iambic pentameter |
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verse |
a line of metered language |
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blank verse |
unrhymed lines of poetry |
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stanza |
a poetic paragraph |
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couplet |
two lines of poetry with the same rhyme and meter |
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triplet |
tree lines of poetry with the same rhyme and meter |
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quatrain |
four lines of poetry with the same rhyme and meter |
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meter |
the repitition of sound patterns that creates a rhyme in poetry |
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Iambic pentameter |
the most common English meter |
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