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Persona
playing a character
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Speaker
Main voice of the poem; not always the author
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Stanza
A group of lines in a poem
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Couplet
Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme
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Quatrain
A four line stanza
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Enjambment
A run-on line of poetry
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Caesura
a strong pause within a line of verse (w/ end punctuation)
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end rhyme
Rhyme that occurs at the end of two or more lines of poetry
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true rhyme
the last syllable rhyme sounds exactly the same
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Slant Rhyme/Near Rhyme
Rhyme that is similar but not exactly the same.
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rhyme scheme
A regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem
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meter
the rhythm of a poem
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iambic pentameter
A line of poetry that contains five iambic feet. (Unstressed/Stressed/Unstressed/Stressed)
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Italian/Petrarchan Sonnet
a sonnet consisting of an octave with the rhyme pattern abbaabba, followed by a sestet with the rhyme pattern cdecde or cdcdcd
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English/Shakespearean Sonnet
abab cdcd efef gg (3 quatrains and a couplet) ; 14 lines
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Alliteration
Repetition of initial consonant sounds
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Assonance
Repetition of vowel sounds
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Simile
A comparison using "like" or "as"
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Onomatopoeia
A word that imitates the sound it represents.
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euphony
pleasant, harmonious sound
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cacophony
A harsh, discordant mixture of sounds
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consonance
Repetition of consonant sounds
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figurative language
non-literal language
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Hyperbole
extreme exaggeration
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Personification
the giving of human qualities to an animal, object, or idea
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Allusion
A reference to another work of literature, person, or event
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