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Metonymy
the name of one object for another with which it is closely associated
Onomatopoeia
the use of words in which the sounds seem to resemble the sounds they describe
Oxymoron
a form of paradox that combines a pair of contrary terms into a single expression
Paradox
a situation or action or feeling that appears to be contradictory but on inspection turns out to be true or at least to make sense
Personification
a kind of metaphor that gives inanimate objects or abstract ideas human characteristics
Rime
similarity of sounds, usually at the end of lines
Perfect Rime
identical sounds (dead/red)
Rime Scheme
the riming pattern found in a poem
Slant (Near, Off)
sounds that are close but not identical (down/then)
Eye
words that look as if they sound alike (move/love)
Sarcasm
a type of irony, often bitter (or nasty) whose purpose is to injure or hurt
Sonnet
a fixed form of fourteen lines of iambic pentameter
Italian Sonnet (Petrarchan)
two-part structure consisting of an octave and sestet
English (Shakespearean)
four-part structure consisting of three quatrains & a couplet
Simile
a comparison of two different things or ideas through the use of the words like or as
Symbolism
the use of one object which stands for something else
Synecdoche
a form of metaphor which substitutes a part for the whole
Understatement
the opposite of hyperbole. It is a kind of irony that deliberately represents something as being much less than it really is.
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