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Cacophony
A harsh discordant mixture of sounds
Caesura
A break or pause between words
Foil
Contrast with the protagonist
Personification
Given human characteristics to something nonhuman
Alliteration
The repetition of initial consonant sounds in a sequence of words.
Comic relief
A relief from emotional tension of dramatic comic
Tragedy
A dramatic work that presents the downfall of a dignified character
Imagery
Uses all 5 senses
Haiku
Japanese poem of 17 syllables
Denotation
The literal meaning of a word, dictionary definition
Lyrical poetry
poetry that expresses personal emotions or feelings
Didactic poetry
poetry intended to teach a lesson
Narrative poetry
poetry that tells a story, often including characters and a plot.
Resolution
the part of a story where the conflict is resolved and the plot concludes.
Metaphor
a figure of speech that compares two unlike things directly.
Sarcasm
The use of irony to mock or convey
Connotation
The emotional meaning associated with a word
Meter
SI based unit of length
Script
A written version of a play or movie
Oxymoron
Figure of speech, contradicting terms appear in conjunction
Dionysus
The Greek God of wine
Free verse
Poetry that has no rhyme or meter
Irony
Meaning of the words used is the opposite of their literal meaning
Rhyme
Repetition of similar sounds in two or more words
Limerick
A short five line poem
Hyperbole
Exaggerated statements
Diction
The choice or use of words in speech
Euphony
Musical sounds in harmony
Stanza
Arrangement of four or more lines
Onomatopoeia
Formation of a word from a sound
Hubris
Excessive pride
Sonnet
Fourteen line poem
Enjambment
Run the lines of a poem from one to the next
Carpe diem
Make the most of present time
Figures of speech
Words used in non literal sense
Pun
A joke interplay of homophones
Fixed form
writing in which organizational plan it’s pre established by you
