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Sonnet
lyric poem of fourteen lines
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Verse
line of poetry
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Meter
when the rhythm is regular, eeach verse is made up of a number of metrical feet
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Foot
basis of meter, the regular unit of rhythm which makes up a verse
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Blank Verse
technical name for unrhymed iambic petameter
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Free Verse
fixed metrical foot, often no fixed number of feet per verse
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Stanza
unified group of lines in poetry
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Octave
unit or group of eight lines of verse
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Volta
the shift in thought, or the turn of events in a sonnet, often occurring on the 9th line of the sonnet
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Sestet
unit or group of six lines of verse
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Quatrain
unit or group of four lines of verse
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Couplet
verse form, rhyming aa bb cc dd.
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Enjambment
the continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line, couplet, or stanza
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Alliteration
repetition of initial sounds in the neighboring words, or repetition of the same letter or sound at the beginning of words following each other immediately or at short intervals.
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Assonance
repetition of vowel sounds but not consonant sounds as in consonance
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Consonance
repetition of consonant sounds, but not vowels
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Internal Rhyme
rhyming within a line
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Onomatopoeia
word that imitates the sound that it represents, also called imitative harmony
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Anaphora
deliberate repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of several successive verses, clauses, or paragraphs
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Epistrophe
repetition of the same word or words at the end of successive phrases, clauses, or sentences
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Repetition
the recurrence of the same words or phrases to make an idea clearer and more memorable
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Homonym
refers to two or more words having the same spelling or pronunciation but different meanings
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Imagery
language that evokes one of or all the five senses
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Symbolism
using an object or action to represent or mean something other than its literal meaning
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Motif
recurrent thematic element in an artistic or literary work
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Apostrophe
when an absent person, an abstract concept, or an important object is directly addressed
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Hyperbole
exaggeration or overstatement for emphasis of a point
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Understatement
presentation of something as being smaller or less good or important than it really is
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Synesthesia
figure of speech in which one sense is described using terms from another
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Juxtaposition
presentation of two things with contrasting effect
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Similie
comparison of two unlike things using like or as
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Metaphor
figure of speech in which a word or phrase for one thing, is used to refer to another thing in order to show or suggest that they are similar. Comparison without using like or as.
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Personification
occurs when human qualities are given to animals or objects
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Allusion
brief reference to a person, event, or place, real or fictitious, r to a work of art, a famous historical or literary figure or event.
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Paradox
reveals a kind of truth which at first seems contradictory
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Oxymoron
phrase in which two contradictory words are put together
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Irony
implied discrepancy between what is said and what is meant
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Mood
emotional atmosphere the author creates in his subject
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Tone
the attitude a writer takes towards a subject or character
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Diction
verbal description; choice of words especially with regard to correctness, clearness, or effectiveness