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Alliteration
Repetition of a consonant sound
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Blank Verse
Applied to any verse that does't rhyme. Iambic pentameter. Shakespeare's plays
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Allusion
Reference to another person, historical vent, or work
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Apostrophe
Direct address to someone who is not present
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Caesura
A pause in a line of poetry in order to make the meaning clear or to follow the natural rhythm of speech
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Connotation
Associations or moods attached to a word
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Consonance
Repetition of a sequence of two or more consonants with a change in the intervening vowel
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Couplet
A pair of rhymed lines
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Denotation
Dictionary definition
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Dialect
Regional speech pattern
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Foot
Combination of stressed and unstressed syllables that m ake up the metric unit of a line
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Free Verse
Poetry that doesn't follow a prescribed form but is characterized by irregularity in length of lines and lack of regular metrical pattern and rhyme
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Hyperbole
Extreme exaggeration
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Imagery
Language that appeals to the senses
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Juxtaposition
Placement of one idea next to its opposite to make it more dramatic
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Metaphor
Implicit comparison between two things essentially dissimilar without like or as
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Meter
The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables or the units of stress patterns
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Onomatopoeia
Word when spoken imitates the sounds associated with the words
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Paradox
Seeks to create mental ambiguity, which then forces the reader to pause and seek clarity
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Personification
Giving human characteristics to nonhuman things
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Repetition
The repeating of a word or phrase for emphasis
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Pun
Play on words to create humor or comic relief
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Rhyme
Echo or imitation of a sound
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Rhythm
Sense of movement attributable to the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables
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Shift
Change in setting, tone, or speakers
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Simile
Explicit comparison using like, as, or than between two very different things
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Sonnet
Fixed form of fourteen lines, iambic pentameter
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Stanza
Group of lines that forms one division of a poem
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Symbol
Object that signifies something greater than itself
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Verse
Lines of poetry or metrical language in general, in contrast to prose
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Irony
The use of words to express something other than the literal meaning
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Anadiplosis
Last word of the clause begins the next clause
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Anaphora
Deliberate repetition of a word at the beginning of several successive poetic lines
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Anastrophe
Reversal of the natural order of words in a sentence or line of poetry
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Metonymy
Figure of speech in which the name of one thing is substituted for another which it is closely associated to
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Parallel Syntax
Patter of language that creates rhythm of repetition often combines with some other language of repetition
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Rhetorical Question
Question whose answer is assumed
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Rhetorical Shift
Occurs when author significantly alters diction, syntax, or both
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Tricolon
Sentence with three equally distinct and equally long parts
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Understatement
Creates exaggeration by showing restraint
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Zuegma
Minor device in which two or more elements in a sentence are tied by the same verb or noun
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