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12255744770stanzaa group of lines in a poem, a break within a poem0
12255745790imagerydescriptions that appeal to the senses1
12255746756anaphorarepetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, or lines2
12255747793malapropismthe unintentional misuse of a word by confusion with one that sounds similar3
12255748584non sequiter"it does not follow" when one comment isn't logically related to another4
12255752055oxymorona figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction yet make sense5
12255754901ellipsesthe periods used to abbreviate a quotation by taking out unnecessary words and replacing them with periods6
12255758950lyric poema poem that does not tell a story but expresses the personal feelings or thoughts of a speaker7
12255760097ballada poem or song narrating a story in short stanzas8
12255762743free versepoetry that does not rhyme or have a regular meter9
12255762744octave8 lines of a poem that have been set apart through stanzas10
12255763895meterthe rhythmic structure used systematically for each line of a poem, concerning the "bounce" of the words in the line and the syllables that are stressed or unstressed (line by line)11
12255770622rhyming patternthe rhyming structure of a poem, referring only to the ends of each line and how they correlate (ABAB, ABBA)12
12255772455enjambmenta line of a poem taht continues to the next line, not broken by punctuation of any kind13
12255774357end-stopped linewhen a line ends or is punctuated at its end (only staying on one line)14
12255775688point of viewthe perspective from which a story is told (first, second, or third)15
12255780511paradoxa contradictory statement used to convey a truth that can only be gained when juxtaposing opposites (absolute contradiction)16
12255784175metaphora comparison in which one this is called another thing17
12255788214similea comparison in which two things are compared by saying 'like' or 'as'18
12255791392analogya direct comparison of two different things, usually used to explain something complicated in simpler terms19
12255794699symbolanything that stands for or represents something else, usually something intangible20
12255796881tonethe attitude a writer takes toward a subject21

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