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Alliteration
The repetition of consonant sounds, especially at the beginning of words.
Assonance
The repetition of similar vowel sounds in a sentence or line of poetry.
Couplet
A pair of rhymed lines of poetry.
Homonym
Two words with the same spelling and pronunciation, but with different meanings.
Homophone
Two words with the same pronunciation but different meaning and spelling.
Hyperbole
An exaggeration of the truth.
Imagery
Figurative language used to create a mental picture.
Metaphor
A comparison of two unlike things stating one thing is another.
Simile
A comparison of two unlike things using the words like or as.
Oxymoron
Two seemingly unlike words used together.
Personification
Giving human qualities to non-human things.
Stanza
A group of line which form a division of a poem.
These are usually separated by a space.
Refrain
A phrase, verse, or group of lines repeated at intervals throughout a poem, especially at the end of a stanza.
Rhyme
The matching of final sounds in two or more words.
Onomatopoeia
When the pronunciation of a word makes the sound that the word represents.
Internal Rhyme
When words with the same ending sound occur within the same line of poetry.
End Rhyme
When words with the same ending sound occur at the end of lines of poetry.
Rhyme Scheme
The pattern of end rhyme in a poem.
Sonnet
A poem of 14 lines with a very specific rhyme scheme and number of syllables in each line
Narrative Poem
A poem that tells a story
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