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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