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eye (sight) rhyme

words that look like they should rhyme, but don’t

feminine rhyme

when both syllables of the word rhyme

“motion / ocean”

figurative language

using a word beyond its literal definition to achieve a more complex meaning

figure of speech

expression that is not literally true

foil

a character the contrasts with another character in order to highlight qualities in the other

foreshadowing

indication of the future

free verse

poetry that does not rhyme

genre

categories of literature; (non)fiction, drama

hamartia

a fatal flaw leading to the downfall of a tragic hero

hubris

excessive pride

hyperbole

an exaggerated figure of speech

iambic pentameter

unstressed / stressed

imagery

visually descriptive

in media res

beginning an epic by plunging into a crucial situation

internal rhyme

rhyme involving a word in the middle and the end of a sentence

invective

critical language

irony

sarcastic language

dramatic irony

when the audience knows more about a situation than the characters do

situational irony

a reverse of what was expected

verbal irony

saying something but meaning the opposite

juxtaposition

two contrasting things placed together

litotes

ironic understatement

macrocosm

world or universe compared to something small

==masculine== rhyme (rime)

stressed syllables at the end

metaphor

“he is a shining star"

metonymy

track substitutes for horse racing

microcosm

greatly diminished from size or scale

mood

what the reader feels

narrative

a way of presenting connected events in order to tell a good story

octave

eight line stanza

ode

a ceremonious lyric that addresses someone or something

onomatopoeia

imitation of natural sounds

“pop, bam”

oxymoron

words placed together that contradict

“organized chaos”

parable

story that provides a moral lesson

paradox

a self-contradicting statement that is true

parallelism

repetition of grammatical elements

“singing, dancing, crying”

parody

humorous, exaggerated imitation

pedantic

 someone who constantly corrects another's grammar

personification

describing an object with human traits

point of view

who is telling the story

1st pov

their own pov (I, me, we)

3rd pov

narrator is outside the story

(he, she, they)

prose

regular everyday language

refrain

a word that is repeated within the poem or line

repetition

intentionally reusing a word or phrase for effect

rhyme scheme

formal arrangement of rhymes