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9869964738ImageryThe use of figurative language to represent objects, actions and ideas in such a way that it appeals to our physical senses.0
9869971656AlliterationA stylistic device in which a number of words, having the same first consonant sound, occur close together in a series.1
9869979354ConsonanceType of Alliteration: Consonant Sounds.2
9869979355AssonanceType of Alliteration: Vowel Sounds (Usually within words).3
9869987267DictionThe style of speaking or writing determined by the choice of words.4
9869989812DenotationThe dictionary definition of a word.5
9869989813ConnotationRefers to a meaning that is implied by or associated with a word apart from the thing which it describes explicitly. Words carry cultural and emotional associations or meanings.6
9869991900End-stopped LineA poetic device in which a pause comes at the end of a syntactic unit (sentence, clause or phrase); this pause can be expressed in writing as a punctuation mark such as a colon, semi-colon, period or full stop.7
9869994508Slant Rhyme/Half-RhymeA rhyme in which the stressed syllables of ending consonants match, however the preceding vowel sounds do not match.8
9869994509Internal RhymeMetrical line in which middle words and end words rhyme with each other. It is also called middle rhyme, since it comes in the middle of lines ("Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary")9

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