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3367440016AlliterationRepetition of initial consonant sounds0
3367440017AllusionReference to something1
3367440018AmbiguityUncertainty of meaning; double meaning2
3367440019AnapestUnstressed, unstressed, stressed (UUS)3
3367440020ApostropheAddressing an inanimate object as if it were human4
3367440021AssonanceRepetition of vowel sounds in words with different endings5
3367440022Blank verseVerse like everyday speech; unrhymed lines in iambic pentameter6
3367440023CacophonyThe use of words with sharp, harsh, hissing, and unmelodious sounds (consonants)7
3367440024CaesuraA short pause in a line (punctuation)8
3367440025ConsonanceRepetition of consonant sounds9
3367440026CoupletTwo lines10
3367440027DactylStressed, unstressed, unstressed (SUU)11
3367440028DictionWord choice12
3367440029DissonanceThe use of harsh-sounding, unusual, or impolite words to create a disturbing effect or to catch the reader's attention by interrupting a smooth flow of words13
3367440030EnjabmentIn poetry, the technique of running over from one line to the next without stopping14
3367440031EuphonyWords or phrases that sound pleasing to the ear and melodious15
3367440032Free VersePoetry characterized by varying line lengths, lack of traditional meter, and non-rhyming lines16
3367440033HyperboleOverstatement; exaggerated17
3367440034IambUnstressed, stressed (US)18
3367440035Internal rhymeA rhyme in the middle of a line and another at the end of the line or in the middle of the next19
3367440036LitotesUnderstatement20
3367440037MetaphorComparison of two unlikely things21
3367440038OctaveEight lines22
3367440039OnomatopoeiaSound word23
3367440040ParadoxContradictory statement24
3367440041PersonificationTreating something nonhuman as if it were a person by giving it humanlike qualities25
3367440042SestetSix lines26
3367440043SimilieComparison using "like" or "as"27
3367440044SpondeeStressed, stressed (SS)28
3367440045TrocheeStressed, unstressed (SU)29
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