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4299887071MetaphorComparison of two unlike things without using like or as0
4299896315hyperboleexaggerating or stretching the truth for literary effect1
4299903321similea comparison of two unlike things using like or as2
4299908639personificationgiving human characteristics to non human things3
4299915551imagerywords that create images in the mind4
4299921172rhyme schemethe pattern of rhyming words that appears at the ends of two or more lines of poetry5
4299929925alliterationrepetition of the beginning consonant sound6
4299938603assonancerepetition of an internal vowel sound7
4299945265onomatopoeiathe use of words that imitate sounds as in buzz, hiss, or murmur8
4299950433stanzaa unit or group of lines in poetry that are separated by spaces9
4299955958quatrain4 line stanza10
4299958340couplet2 line stanza11
4299960586haikua Japanese form of poetry with three lines of 5,7,5 syllables12
4300000241sonnetfourteen lines of iambic pentameter popular by shakesphere13
4300006367mytha fictional tale that explains the actions of gods or heroes or the causes of natural phenomenon14
4300013707mysterya story that involves the reader in guessing who committed the crime or deed15
4300019493protagonistthe main character in a literary work who drives the plot forward16
4300024920heroa character whose actions are inspiring17
4300030325science fictionfictional stories that center upon scientific elements18
4300033954resolutionthe tying up loose ends and the end of the story19

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