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Alliteration

Repetition of initial consonant sounds in nearby words.

Allusion

A brief reference to a well-known person, place, event, or work.

Assonance

Repetition of vowel sounds within words.

Caesura

A pause in a line of poetry, often marked by punctuation.

Conceit

An extended metaphor with complex logic that governs a poetic passage.

Consonance

Repetition of consonant sounds within or at the end of words.

Couplet

Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme.

Tercet

A three-line stanza or group of lines.

Quatrain

A stanza of four lines, often with alternating rhyme.

Cinquain

A five-line stanza or poem with a set syllable or word count pattern.

Sestet

A six-line stanza, often the last part of a sonnet.

Septet

A seven-line stanza or poem.

Octet or Octave

An eight-line stanza, often the first part of a sonnet.

Diction

The author's word choice that affects tone and meaning.

End-stopped

A line of poetry that ends with a pause, often marked by punctuation.

Enjambment

The continuation of a sentence without pause beyond the end of a line.

Eye rhyme

Words that look like they should rhyme but don't.

Free verse

Poetry without a set rhyme or meter.

Hyperbole

Exaggerated statements not meant to be taken literally.

Irony - verbal

Saying the opposite of what is meant.

Irony - situational

When the opposite of what is expected occurs.

Irony - dramatic

When the audience knows something the characters don't.

Litote

A figure of speech using understatement for effect.

Metaphor

A comparison between two unlike things without using like or as.

Metonymy

Substituting the name of one object with a related word.

Onomatopoeia

Words that imitate natural sounds.

Oxymoron

A figure of speech combining contradictory terms.

Paradox

A statement that seems contradictory but reveals truth.

Personification

Giving human qualities to non-human things.

Pun

A humorous play on words with double meanings.

Refrain

A repeated line or group of lines in a poem or song.

Simile

A comparison using like or as.

Stanza

A grouped set of lines in a poem.

Symbol

An object or action representing a larger idea.

Synecdoche

A figure of speech where a part represents the whole.

Syntax

The arrangement of words and phrases to create sentences.