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| 6651756609 | approximate rhyme | words in rhyming pattern that sound alike |  | 0 |
| 6651756610 | assonance | repetition of vowel sounds |  | 1 |
| 6651756612 | cacophony | blend of unharmonious sounds |  | 2 |
| 6651756613 | caesura | pause in the middle of a line |  | 3 |
| 6651756614 | catharsis | the release of emotions through art (emotional cleanse) |  | 4 |
| 6651756615 | connotation | secondary meaning to a word |  | 5 |
| 6651756616 | consonance | repetition of same consonant in words close together |  | 6 |
| 6651756617 | couplet | two rhyming lines in a verse |  | 7 |
| 6651756618 | denotation | the literal meaning of a word |  | 8 |
| 6651756619 | double rhyme | rhyme where the repeated vowel is in the second last syllable of words involved (ex; born scorn) | 9 | |
| 6651756620 | end rhyme | rhymes occurring at the end of line |  | 10 |
| 6651756623 | euphony | smooth choice and arrangement of sounds |  | 11 |
| 6651756624 | extended figure | A figure of speech sustained or developed through a considerable number of lines or through a whole poem. |  | 12 |
| 6651756626 | figurative language | Language that cannot be taken literally since it was written to create a special effect or feeling. |  | 13 |
| 6651756627 | figure of speech | a way of saying something other than the ordinary way |  | 14 |
| 6651756628 | foot | basic unit in the scansion or measurement of verse , stressed and un stressed syllables |  | 15 |
| 6651756629 | form | external pattern or shape of a poem |  | 16 |
| 6651756630 | free verse | Poetry that does not have a regular meter or rhyme scheme |  | 17 |
| 6651756631 | imagery | Description that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste) |  | 18 |
| 6651756632 | internal rhyme | A word inside a line rhymes with another word on the same line |  | 19 |
| 6651756633 | irony | A contrast between expectation and reality |  | 20 |
| 6651756634 | verbal irony | A figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant |  | 21 |
| 6651756635 | dramatic irony | Irony that occurs when the meaning of the situation is understood by the audience but not by the characters in the play. |  | 22 |
| 6651756638 | metaphor | A comparison without using like or as |  | 23 |
| 6651756639 | meter | A regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry |  | 24 |
| 6651756640 | metonymy | A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it |  | 25 |
| 6651756641 | octave | 8 line stanza |  | 26 |
| 6651756642 | onomatopoeia | A word that imitates the sound it represents. |  | 27 |
| 6651756643 | hyperbole | A figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion, make a point, or evoke humor |  | 28 |
| 6651756644 | oxymoron | A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase. |  | 29 |
| 6651756645 | paradox | A contradiction or dilemma |  | 30 |
| 6651756646 | personification | A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes |  | 31 |
| 6651756647 | quatrain | A four line stanza |  | 32 |
| 6651756648 | rhythm | A regularly recurring sequence of events or actions. |  | 33 |
| 6651756649 | rhyme scheme | A regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem |  | 34 |
| 6651756651 | sestet | 6 line stanza |  | 35 |
| 6651756650 | scansion | Analysis of verse into metrical patterns |  | 36 |
| 6651756652 | simile | A comparison using "like" or "as" |  | 37 |
| 6651756653 | sonnet | 14 line poem |  | 38 |
| 6651756654 | stanza | A group of lines in a poem | | 39 |
| 6651756655 | syllabic verse | Verse measured by the number of syllables rather than the number of feet per line. |  | 40 |
| 6651756656 | symbol | A thing that represents or stands for something else |  | 41 |
| 6651756657 | synecdoche | a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa |  | 42 |
| 6651756658 | synesthesia | describing one kind of sensation in terms of another ("a loud color", "a sweet sound") |  | 43 |
| 6651756659 | tercet | 3 line stanza | | 44 |
| 6651756661 | theme | Central idea of a work of literature |  | 45 |
| 6651756662 | understandment | the deliberate representation of something as lesser in magnitude than it actually is; a deliberate under-emphasis |  | 46 |
| 6651756663 | verse | A single line of poetry writing arranged with a metrical rhythm, typically having a rhyme | | 47 |
