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1. Apostrophe: Speaking directly to someone or something that is not present.
2. Allusion: A reference to something else, like a book, a person, or a historical event.
3. Alliteration: Repeating the same consonant sound at the beginning of words.
4. Analogy: Comparing two things that are different but have something in common.
5. Archaic Language: Words that are no longer used in everyday speech.
6. Assonance: Repeating the same vowel sound in a line of poetry.
7. Antithesis: Putting two opposite ideas together.
8. Blank Verse: Poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter.
9. Cacophony: Using harsh or unpleasant sounds.
10. Consonance: Repeating the same consonant sound in a line of poetry.
11. Caesura: A pause in a line of poetry.
12. Euphony: Using pleasant sounds.
13. Emotive Language: Language that makes the reader feel something.
14. Enjambment: When a line of poetry continues onto the next line without punctuation.
15. Euphuism: Using fancy or elaborate language.
16. Euphemism: Using a polite word or phrase to replace a harsh or offensive one.
17. Free Verse: Poetry that does not follow traditional rules of rhyme or meter.
18. Hyperbole is an exaggeration of the facts either for comic or serious effects.
19. Imagery is all the images in a poem considered as a whole.
20. Juxtaposition is when two or more things are placed side by side, even though they usually aren't associated with each other.
21. Metaphor is a figure of speech which indirectly compares two things by saying that one thing is another.
22. Metonymy is a kind of metaphor where an object is given the name of something else with which it is associated.
23. Mood is the emotional atmosphere created by the poet.
24. Onomatopoeia is when the sound of the word mimics the sound to which it refers.
25. Paradox is an apparently contradictory statement, with an element of truth in it.
26. Personification is when you attribute to inanimate objects, animals, or abstract ideas, the characteristics and qualities of persons.
27. Point of View is the way in which something is presented, viewed, or considered.
28. Pun is a play on words where words are identical or similar in sound but different in meaning.
29. Parallelism is a device in which phrases, clauses and/or sentences are constructed in the same grammatical form.
30. Purposeful Repetition is the repeating of words or phrases for effect.
31. Rhyme is the similarity of sounds between words.
Types of Rhyme:
a. Single or Masculine Rhyme is the similarity of sound in one syllable.
b. Feminine Rhyme is when two syllables rhyme.
c. Triple Rhyme is when three syllables are similar in sound.
d. Eye Rhyme or Imperfect Rhyme is when the words rhyme to the eye but not the ear.
e. Internal Rhyme is when rhymes are within the verse itself rather than at the end of the line.