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Denotation
literal meaning of a word (dictionary definition)
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Connotation
refers to the association or the emotional suggestions related to that word
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Rhythm
a musical quality produced by repetition
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Tone
the emotion behind the words (serious, humorous, etc.)
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Mood
the picture painted through images (ex. a dark stormy night)
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Allusion
a reference used to stimulate ideas connecting the poem with the outside world
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Imagery
use of vivid description and attention to detail to create pictures in the reader's mind
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Theme
the writers point, the 'big idea'
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Refrain
phrase, line, or group of words repeated regularly throughout a poem or song
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Alliteration
repetition of consonant sounds in a poem
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Onomatopoeia
use of a word whose sound imitates or suggests its meaning
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Personification
giving human characteristics/qualities to non-human things
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Simile
comparison of 2 unlike things using like, as, resembles, or than
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Metaphor
comparison of 2 unlike things without use of like, as, resembles, or than
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Hyperbole
an exaggeration that also compares 2 things
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Oxymoron
a combination of 2 usually contradictory terms
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Juxtaposition
when 2 mental images that aren't often put together appear side by side
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Repetition
patterning of certain sounds, syllables, words, or phrases used to emphasize
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Irony
when something is expected to happen and the opposite happens
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Cliché
a worn out expression
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Pun
using a word or words with more than one meanig
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Idiom
an expression that can't be made sense by simply looking at the words
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Couplet
a 2 line poem usually rhyming that sometimes builds bigger poems
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Quatrain
a 4 line poem that often rhymes, can be made of 2 couplets
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Extended Metaphor
when a poet picks apart something and uses each "piece" to represent a "piece" of what's being compared
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Rhyme
verse or poetry having correspondence at the end of the lines
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Dialect
a variety of a language that is distinguishable from other varieties of the same language
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