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the repetition of the beginning sounds of words
Alliteration
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when a pieck of literature refers to another famous person, place, event or piece of literature
allusion
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the repetitionof similar vowel sounds
assonance
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a poem that tells a story similar to a folk tale or a legend and often has a repeataed refrain and is set to music
ballard
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two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme and often have the same length and express a single, complete idea
couplet
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a long, serious poem that tells a story of a heroic figure. (2 most famous are Illiad and Odyssey by Homer)
Epic
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poetry that is mostly unrhymed and has no set meter, stanza arrangement, or line length
free verse
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a Japanese poem composed of three unrehymed lines of five, seven and five syllables. Often deals with nature.
Haiku
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an extreme exaggeration used for emphasis
hyperbole
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a phrase that can't be translated literally because it actually means something quite different
idiom
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language that emphsizes the five senses which helps the reader see, hear, fell, smell, and taste things described in the poem
imagery
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a poem that expresses the thoughts and feelings of the poet; it may resembel a song in form
lyric
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a type of literature in which language, images, sound, and rhythm are combined to create an emotional effect. It is a compact form of writing that often, but not always, uses rhyme, meter, and figurative language. It rarely follows grammar rules and is not written as prose.
poetry
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an implied comparison between two unlike things
metaphor
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the arrangement of a line of poetry by the number of syllables
meter
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a type of poetry that tells a story. Epics and ballads are typoes of narrative poetry.
Narrative poetry
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use of words to imitate sounds
onomatopoeia
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giving human characteristics to animals, things, or ideas
personification
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a stanza or poem that has four lines
quatrain
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a line or groupl of lines that is repeated throughout a poem
refrain
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the repeated use of sounds, words, phrases, or lines. It is used to unify the poem or stress important items in the poem.
repetition
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the pattern of rhyming in a poem.
rhyme scheme
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a comparision of two unlike things using like or as
simile
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a groupl of lines forming a unit in a poem
stanza
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a single line of poetry or poetry in general
verse
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