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| 4284472595 | consonance | Repetition of a consonant sound within two or more words in close proximity. | 0 | |
| 4284472596 | personification | A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes | 1 | |
| 4284474188 | masculine rhyme | A rhyme ending on the final stressed syllable | 2 | |
| 4284474189 | simile | A comparison using "like" or "as" | 3 | |
| 4284474190 | enjambment | A run-on line of poetry in which logical and grammatical sense carries over from one line into the next. | 4 | |
| 4284475589 | context | Words, events, or circumstances that help determine meaning. | 5 | |
| 4284475590 | rhyme scheme | A regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem | 6 | |
| 4284477121 | alliteration | Repetition of consonant sounds | 7 | |
| 4284477122 | theme | Central idea of a work of literature | 8 | |
| 4284480467 | anachronism | Something out of place in time | 9 | |
| 4284480468 | allusion | A direct or indirect reference to something which is presumably commonly known, such as an event, book, myth, place, or work of art. Allusions can be historical, literary, religious, topical, or mythical. There are many more possibilities, and a work may simultaneously use multiple layers of allusion. | 10 | |
| 4284480469 | sensory imagery | Language that evokes images and triggers memories in the reader of the five senses: sight, sound, touch, taste, and smell. | 11 | |
| 4284480470 | apostrophe | A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction, such as liberty or love. | 12 | |
| 4284482340 | symbol | A thing that represents or stands for something else, especially a material object representing something abstract. | 13 | |
| 4284482352 | internal rhyme | A word inside a line rhymes with another word on the same line | 14 | |
| 4284486855 | feminine rhyme | lines rhymed by their final two syllables | 15 | |
| 4284486856 | assonance | Repetition of a vowel sound within two or more words in close proximity | 16 | |
| 4284489063 | ode | A lyric poem usually marked by serious, respectful, and exalted feelings toward the subject. | 17 | |
| 4284489064 | ballad | A narrative poem written in four-line stanzas, characterized by swift action and narrated in a direct style. | 18 | |
| 4284489065 | Shakespearean sonnet | a sonnet consisting three quatrains and a concluding couplet in iambic pentameter with the rhyme pattern abab cdcd efef gg | 19 | |
| 4284489066 | admonition | warning | 20 | |
| 4284489067 | lyric | A type of poetry that explores the poet's personal interpretation of and feelings about the world. | 21 | |
| 4284491654 | Petrarchan sonnet | a sonnet consisting of an octave with the rhyme pattern abbaabba, followed by a sestet with the rhyme pattern cdecde or cdcdcd | 22 | |
| 4284491655 | tone | A writer's attitude toward his or her subject matter revealed through diction, figurative language, and organization on the sentence and global levels. | 23 | |
| 4284494034 | asyndeton | A construction in which elements are presented in a series without conjunctions | 24 | |
| 4284494035 | anaphora | A rhetorical figure of repetition in which the same word or phrase is repeated in (and usually at the beginning of) successive lines, clauses, or sentences. | 25 | |
| 4284494037 | metaphor | A comparison that establishes a figurative identity between objects being compared. | 26 | |
| 4284497534 | sound device | Using the sound of words to create musical effects that appeal to the ear. | 27 | |
| 4284497535 | repetition | Repeated use of sounds, words, or ideas for effect and emphasis | 28 | |
| 4284499168 | pastoral | A work of literature dealing with rural life | 29 | |
| 4284499169 | elegy | a sorrowful poem or speech | 30 | |
| 4284649528 | meter | A regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry | 31 | |
| 4284649529 | end rhyme | A word at the end of one line rhymes with a word at the end of another line | 32 | |
| 4284649530 | hyperbole | A figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion, make a point, or evoke humor | 33 | |
| 4284652787 | synesthesia | describing one kind of sensation in terms of another ("a loud color", "a sweet sound") | 34 | |
| 4284654862 | slant rhyme | rhyme in which the vowel sounds are nearly, but not exactly the same (i.e. the words "stress" and "kiss"); sometimes called half-rhyme, near rhyme, or partial rhyme | 35 | |
| 4284654863 | iambic pentameter | A common meter in poetry consisting of an unrhymed line with five feet or accents, each foot containing an unaccented syllable and an accented syllable. | 36 | |
| 4284656751 | figure of speech | A device used to produce figurative language. Many compare dissimilar things. Figures of speech include apotrophe hyperbole irony metaphor oxymoron paradox personification simile syneddoche understatement | 37 | |
| 4284656752 | pun | A play on words | 38 | |
| 4284657992 | panegyric | elaborate praise; formal hymn of praise | 39 | |
| 4284657993 | limerick | A five line poem in which lines 1, 2 and 5 rhyme and lines 3 and 4 rhyme. | 40 | |
| 4284660007 | couplet | A pair of rhymed lines that may or may not constitute a separate stanza in a poem. | 41 | |
| 4284661861 | oxymoron | A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase. | 42 | |
| 4284661862 | infer | A conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning | 43 | |
| 4284664035 | lampoon | to ridicule with satire | 44 | |
| 4284665770 | Spenserian sonnet | a sonnet consisting of three quatrains and a concluding couplet in iambic pentameter with the rhyme pattern abab bcbd cdcd ee | 45 | |
| 4284668316 | trochaic pentameter | Poetry in which each foot consists primarily of trochees (poetic feet consisting of a heavy stress followed by a light stress). | 46 | |
| 4284668317 | iambic trimeter | a line of poetry with 3 iambic feet, each containing one syllable followed by one stressed syllable. | 47 | |
| 4284669676 | trochaic tetrameter | A meter in poetry. It refers to a line of four trochaic feet. The word "tetrameter" simply means that the poem has four trochees. | 48 | |
| 4284669677 | iambic tetrameter | contains eight syllables and four iambic feet | 49 | |
| 4284669678 | exact rhyme | Repetition of accented vowel sounds and all sounds following them in words that are close together in a poem | 50 | |
| 4284671378 | polysyndeton | Deliberate use of many conjunctions | 51 | |
| 4284674798 | chiasmus | A statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is structurally reversed | 52 | |
| 4284677575 | caesura | A natural pause or break in a line of poetry, usually near the middle of the line. | 53 | |
| 4284677576 | epistrophe | the repetition of a word at the end of successive clauses or sentences | 54 | |
| 4284677577 | run-on sentence | made up of two or more sentences that are incorrectly run together as a single sentence | 55 | |
| 4284681179 | anapestic | a foot consisting of two unstressed and one stressed syllable | 56 | |
| 4284681180 | dactylic | a foot consisting of one stressed and two unstressed syllables | 57 | |
| 4284681181 | iambic | A common meter in poetry consisting of an unrhymed line with five feet or accents, each foot containing an unaccented syllable and an accented syllable. | 58 | |
| 4284681182 | trochaic | a foot consisting of a stressed and unstressed syllable | 59 | |
| 4284684082 | spondaic | 2 stressed syllables | 60 | |
| 4284684083 | parallelism | Phrases or sentences of a similar construction/meaning placed side by side, balancing each other | 61 | |
| 4284689281 | conceit | A fanciful expression, usually in the form of an extended metaphor or surprising analogy between seemingly dissimilar objects. | 62 | |
| 4284693123 | explicit metaphor | Directly equates the comparison in the metaphor (The trees were spears piercing the night sky) | 63 | |
| 4284695020 | terza rima | A three-line stanza rhymed aba, bcb, cdc. | 64 | |
| 4284695021 | heroic couplet | a couplet consisting of two rhymed lines of iambic pentamenter and written in an elevated style | 65 | |
| 4284699985 | aphorism | A brief, cleverly worded statement that makes a wise observation about life. | 66 | |
| 4284699986 | homily | This term literally means "sermon," but more informally, it can include any serious talk, speech, or lecture involving moral or spiritual advice. | 67 | |
| 4284699987 | epigram | A brief witty poem, often satirical. | 68 | |
| 4284699988 | axiom | Self-evident truth requiring no proof; universally or generally accepted principle | 69 | |
| 4284703043 | double entendre | a statement that has two meanings, one of which is dirty or vulgar | 70 | |
| 4284703044 | antithesis | A balancing of two opposite or contrasting words, phrases, or clauses. | 71 | |
| 4284708096 | diction | A writer's or speaker's choice of words | 72 | |
| 4284708097 | syntax | Sentence structure | 73 | |
| 4284713897 | refrain | A line or set of lines repeated several times over the course of a poem. | 74 | |
| 4284714952 | extended metaphor | A metaphor developed at great length, occurring frequently in or throughout a work. | 75 | |
| 4284717269 | sestina | 6 six-line stanzas ending with tercet; last words of each line in 1st stanza are repeated as last words in next stanza | 76 | |
| 4284719200 | villanelle | A 19 line form using only two rhymes and repeating two of the lines according to a set pattern | 77 | |
| 4284719201 | free verse | Poetry that does not have a regular meter or rhyme scheme | 78 | |
| 4284719202 | closed form | A type of form or structure in poetry characterized by regularity and consistency in such elements as rhyme, line length, and metrical pattern. | 79 | |
| 4284723726 | neoclassicism | A style of art and architecture that emerged in the later 18th century. Part of a general revival of interest in classical cultures, Neoclassicism was characterized by the utilization of themes and styles from ancient Greece and Rome. | 80 | |
| 4284723727 | postmodernism | Post-World War II intellectual movement and cultural attitude focusing on cultural pluralism and release from the confines and ideology of Western high culture. | 81 | |
| 4284723728 | realism | A 19th century artistic movement in which writers and painters sought to show life as it is rather than life as it should be | 82 | |
| 4284723729 | imagism | Imagism was a literary movement that flourished between 1912 and 1927. Led by Ezra Pound and Amy Lowell, the Imagist poets rejected nineteenth-century poetic forms and language. Instead, they wrote short poems that used ordinary language and free verse to create sharp, exact, concentrated pictures. | 83 | |
| 4284723730 | naturalism | A nineteenth-century literary movement that was an extension of realism and that claimed to portray life exactly as it was. | 84 |
