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The foot
The basic building block of poetry
Meter
Pattern of beats or accents
Alliteration
the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
Consonance
Repetition of a consonant sound within two or more words in close proximity.
Assonance
Repetition of a vowel sound within two or more words in close proximity
Cacophony
A harsh, discordant mixture of sounds
Euphony
pleasant, harmonious sound
Caesura
A natural pause or break in a line of poetry, usually near the middle of the line.
Enjambment/End-Stop
The continuation of a sentence without a pause. Beyond the end of the line, couplet, stanzas
Juxtaposition
Placement of two things closely together to emphasize comparisons or contrasts
Synesthesia
describing one kind of sensation in terms of another ("a loud color", "a sweet sound")
Repetition (Anaphora)
The repetition of words or phrases close to each other to emphasize meaning
Refrain
A line or set of lines repeated several times over the course of a poem.
Imagery
Description that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste)
Symbol
A thing that represents or stands for something else, especially a material object representing something abstract.
Apostrophe
A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction, such as liberty or love.
Irony
the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect.
Simile
A comparison of two unlike things using like or as
Metaphor
A comparison without using like or as
Personification
A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes
Oxymoron
conjoining contradictory terms (as in 'deafening silence')
Conceit
A fanciful expression, usually in the form of an extended metaphor or surprising analogy between seemingly dissimilar objects.
Hyperbole
exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.
Metonymy
A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it
Synecdoche
a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa
Allusions
a reference in a literary work to a person, place, or thing in history or another work of literature
Paradox
A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth.
Setting
The context in time and place in which the action of a story occurs.
Euphemism
A nicer way of saying something
Rhetorical Question
A question without an answer
End Rhyme
A rhyme that occurs at the end of lines in poetry.
Internal Rhyme
Rhyme within a line of poetry
Connotation
An idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning
Slant Rhyme
Type of rhyme where the sounds are similar but not identical
Masculine Rhyme
Single syllable match perfectly
Feminine Rhyme
Two syllable rhyming words
1 Line
A line
2 Lines
couplet
3 Lines
Tercet
4 Lines
Quatrain
5 Lines
Cinquain
6 Lines
Sestet
7 Lines
Septet
8 Lines
Octave
1 Foot
Monometer
2 Feet
Dimeter
3 Feet
Trimeter
4 Feet
Tetrameter
5 Feet
Pentameter
6 Feet
Hexameter
7 Feet
Heptameter
8 Feet
Octameter
9 Feet
Nonometer
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