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3369558455AlliterationUse of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse0
3369558456AllusionA reference to a well known person, place or thing1
3369558457AnapestUnstressed,unstressed, stressed syllable2
3369558458ApostropheAddress to an absent or imaginary person3
3369558459AmbiguityHaving more than one meaning4
3369558460CacophonyLoud harsh sounds5
3369558461CaesuraA break or pause in the middle of a line6
3369558462ConsonanceThe repetition of consonant sounds7
3369558463CoupletA stanza consisting of two successive lines so verse usually rhymed8
3369558464DactylA metrical hint with stressed -unstressed-unstressed syllables9
3369558465DictionWord choice,Phrasing10
3369558466DissonanceRacket noise, describes sounds that are not pleasant11
3369558467EnjambmentWhen a phrase , clause or sentence in Aline of poetry doesn't finish at the line break spills over into the next line12
3369558468EuphonyAgreeable, pleasing harmonious sounds13
3369558469Free verseUnrhymed verse without a consistent metrical pattern14
3369558470HyperboleExaggeration15
3369558471IambA part if a line that's made up of a short syllable followed by a long syllable16
3369558472HyperboleExaggeration17
3369558473Internal rhymeA rhyme between words in the same time18
3369558474LitotesUnderstatement for rhetorical effect19
3369558475MetaphorA figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that does not literally denote in order to suggest its similarity20
3369558476OctaveA musical interval of eight notes21
3369558477OnomatopeiaUsing words to imitate sounds they denote a22
3369558478ParadoxA statement that contradicts itself23
3369558479PersonificationThe act of attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas24
3369558480SestetA rhythmic group of six lines25
3369558481SimileA figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of difference usually formed with "like or as"26
3369558482SpondeeA metrical unit with stressed-stressed syllables27
3369558483TrocheeA metrical unit with stressed-unstressed syllables28

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