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Metaphor
A comparison between unlike things which does not use like or as
Similie
A comparison between unlike things which uses like or as (or than)
Personification
Giving human traits to nonhuman things
Hyperbole
Exaggeration
Rhythm
A regular pattern of accented syllables separated by unaccented syllables
Alliteration
Repetition of a consonant sound at the beginning of words
Consonance
Repetition of a consonant sound within two or more words in close proximity
Rhyme Scheme
A regular pattern of rhyme in a poem
Assonance
Repetition of a vowel sound
Internal Rhyme
Rhyme that occurs within a line, rather than at the end
Rhyme
Repetition of sounds at the ends of words
Repitition
Repeated use of sounds, words, or ideas for effect and emphasis
Onomatopoeia
Words that imitate sounds
Slant Rhyme
Words that almost rhyme
End Rhyme
Rhyme at the ends of lines
Anaphora
Repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive lines
Lyric
Non-narrative poetry that expresses the thoughts and feelings of the speaker
Dramatic
Poetry in which one or more characters speak
Narrative
Poetry that tells a story
Imagery
Language that appeals to the senses
Mood
The feeling created in the reader by a literary work
Enjambment
The continuation of a phrase or sentence into the next line of poetry
Tone
The speaker’s attitude toward his/her audience or subject
Free Verse
Non-rhythmical, non-rhyming lines that follow the natural rhythms of speech.
Stanza
A group of lines in a poem
Theme
The central idea of a work of literature
Connotation
The emotional, psychological, social, or cultural overtones of a word
Antithesis
A contrast of ideas is expressed by parallelism of words that are the opposites of, or strongly contrasted with, each other
Speaker
The narrative voice in a poem. The poet/author is not always the speaker.
Fixed Form
Poems that follow rules of pattern of lines, rhythm, rhyme, or stanzas.
Parallelism
Phrases or sentences of a similar construction/meaning placed side by side, balancing each other
Apostrophe
Speaking directly to a real or imagined listener or inanimate object in a poem
