7670299918 | Alliteration | The repetition at close intervals of the beginning of words | 0 | |
7670299920 | Anapest | A metrical foot of two unstressed syllables followed by one stressed | 1 | |
7670303232 | Apostrophe | Address to someone absent, dead, or non-human as if alive | 2 | |
7670303233 | Assonance | The repetition at close intervals of vowel sounds | 3 | |
7670303234 | Blank Verse | Unrhymed iambic pentameter | 4 | |
7670306075 | Couplet | Two successive lines that rhyme | 5 | |
7670306076 | Dactyl | A metrical foot of one stressed syllable followed by two unstressed | 6 | |
7670306077 | Spondee | A metrical foot of two stressed syllables in a row | 7 | |
7670306078 | Foot | Basic unit of scansion for meter | 8 | |
7670311517 | Consonance | The repetition of consonant sounds, usually at the end of words | 9 | |
7670311518 | Caesura | A pause in a line of poetry through grammar or word choice | 10 | |
7670314313 | Hyperbole | Exaggeration | 11 | |
7670314314 | Iambic | A metrical foot of one unstressed syllable followed by a stress | 12 | |
7670317002 | Enjambment | A continuation of a complete idea form one line to the next | 13 | |
7670317003 | Metaphor | Comparison of two things by saying one IS the other | 14 | |
7670317004 | Meter | Arrangement of rhythm in a line of poetry | 15 | |
7670321105 | Metonymy | A small part or portion is used to represent the whole | 16 | |
7670321106 | Synecdoche | A significant aspect of part represents the whole | 17 | |
7670325055 | Onomatopoeia | Words that mimic their meaning through sound | 18 | |
7670325057 | Personification | Giving human attributes to an inanimate object | 19 | |
7670327802 | Epic | A long serious poem that tells the story of a heroic figure | 20 | |
7670327803 | Tetrameter | A line of poetry that has four metrical feet | 21 | |
7670331372 | Heptameter | A line of poetry with seven metrical feet | 22 | |
7670331373 | Trochee | A metrical foot of one stressed syllable followed by one unstressed | 23 | |
7670331374 | Sonnets | A fixed form of poetry consisting of 14 lines | 24 | |
7670334282 | Ode | A poem that expresses the thoughts and feelings of the poet | 25 | |
7670337750 | Simile | Comparison using "like" of "as" | 26 |
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