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| 6742970795 | allegory | story or poem that can be used to reveal a hidden meaning | 0 | |
| 6742970800 | approximate rhyme | words in rhyming pattern that sound alike | 1 | |
| 6742970801 | assonance | repetition of vowel sounds | 2 | |
| 6742970803 | cacophony | blend of unharmonious sounds | 3 | |
| 6742970804 | caesura | pause in the middle of a line | 4 | |
| 6742970805 | catharsis | the release of emotions (emotional cleanse) | 5 | |
| 6742970806 | connotation | secondary meaning to a word beyond literal definition | 6 | |
| 6742970807 | consonance | repetition of same consonant in words close together | 7 | |
| 6742970808 | couplet | two rhyming lines in a verse | 8 | |
| 6742970809 | denotation | the literal meaning of a word | 9 | |
| 6742970810 | double rhyme | rhyme where the repeated vowel is in the second last syllable of words involved (ex; born scorn) | 10 | |
| 6742970811 | end rhyme | rhymes occurring at the end of line | 11 | |
| 6742970812 | end stopped line | line ending in regular punctuation | 12 | |
| 6742970813 | English sonnet | a sonnet rhyming: ABAB CDCD EFEF GG | 13 | |
| 6742970814 | euphony | harmonious word choice and arrangement of sounds | 14 | |
| 6742970817 | figurative language | language that cannot be taken literally since it was written to create a special effect or feeling | 15 | |
| 6742970818 | figure of speech | a way of saying something other than the ordinary way | 16 | |
| 6742970819 | foot | basic unit in the scansion or measurement of verse stressed and unstressed syllables | 17 | |
| 6742970822 | imagery | Description that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste) | 18 | |
| 6742970823 | internal rhyme | A word inside a line rhymes with another word on the same line | 19 | |
| 6742970825 | verbal irony | an irony in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant | 20 | |
| 6742970826 | dramatic irony | irony that occurs when the meaning of the situation is understood by the audience but not by the characters in the play | 21 | |
| 6742970827 | Italian sonnet | A sonnet consisting of: ABBA ABBA CDE CDE or CD CD CD | 22 | |
| 6742970828 | masculine rhyme | A rhyme ending on the final stressed syllable | 23 | |
| 6742970829 | metaphor | A comparison without using like or as | 24 | |
| 6742970831 | metonymy | A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it | 25 | |
| 6742970832 | octave | 8 line stanza | 26 | |
| 6742970833 | onomatopoeia | a word that imitates the sound it represents. | 27 | |
| 6742970834 | hyperbole | a figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion, make a point, or evoke humor | 28 | |
| 6742970835 | oxymoron | a figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms | 29 | |
| 6742970836 | paradox | a self-contradiction or dilemma | 30 | |
| 6742970837 | personification | a figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes | 31 | |
| 6742970838 | quatrain | a 4-line stanza | 32 | |
| 6742970840 | rhyme scheme | a regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem | 33 | |
| 6742970842 | sestet | a 6-line stanza | 34 | |
| 6742970843 | simile | a comparison using "like" or "as" | 35 | |
| 6742970844 | sonnet | 14 line poem | 36 | |
| 6742970845 | stanza | a group of lines in a poem | 37 | |
| 6742970847 | symbol | a thing that represents or stands for something else | 38 | |
| 6742970848 | synecdoche | a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa | 39 | |
| 6742970850 | tercet | 3 line stanza |  | 40 |
| 6742970851 | terza rima | a verse form with a rhyme scheme: ABA BCB CDC etc. | 41 | |
| 6742970852 | theme | central idea/assertion of a work of literature | 42 | |
| 6742970853 | understatement | the deliberate representation of something as lesser in magnitude than it actually is; a deliberate under-emphasis | 43 | |
| 6742970854 | verse | a single line of poetry writing arranged with a metrical rhythm, typically having a rhyme | 44 | |
| 6742970855 | vilanelle | a nineteen-line poem with two rhymes repeated throughout | 45 | |
| 6742970856 | alliteration | repetition of consonant sounds at the BEGINNING of several words or in a phrase | 46 | |
| 6742970857 | allusion | a reference to another literary work | 47 | |
| 6742970858 | anaphora | the deliberate repetition of a phrase or word at the beginning of successive clauses or stanzas | 48 | |
| 6742970859 | anadiplosis | the repetition of the final words of a line at the beginning of the next | 49 | |
| 6742970860 | apostrophe | a poem that directly addresses a person or thing that is absent | 50 | |
| 6742970861 | appositive | A word or phrase that follow a noun or pronoun for emphasis or clarity | 51 | |
| 6742970864 | sibilance | the use of consonants characterized by a hissing sound | 52 | |
| 6742970865 | asyndeton | a list of words or phrases without conjunctions | 53 | |
| 6742970866 | blank verse | a poem that employs a meter but not a rhyme scheme | 54 | |
| 6742970868 | chiasmus | a statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is structurally reversed ("Susan walked in, and out rushed Mary.") | 55 | |
| 6742970869 | conceit | a complex and elaborate metaphor | 56 | |
| 6742970872 | diction | the selection of words in a literary work that imply theme, attitude, and values | 57 | |
| 6742970874 | enjambment | the continuation of a word or phrase over the next line | 58 | |
| 6742970875 | epithet | adjective expressing quality or attribute | 59 | |
| 6742970876 | euphemism | a mild or indirect substituted phrase for an embarrassing or blunt expression | 60 | |
| 6742970877 | form | the structural components of a poem | 61 | |
| 6742970878 | free verse | a poem without a regular meter or rhyme | 62 | |
| 6742970879 | heroic couplet | a pair of rhyming lines in iambic pentameter | 63 | |
| 6742970882 | irony | an intention, outcome, or meaning opposite of that intended or stated | 64 | |
| 6742970884 | metaphysical | a type of poetry that stresses intellect over emotion (contains a striking comparisons and a persuasive stance) | 65 | |
| 6742970885 | meter | the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a poem | 66 | |
| 6742970888 | polysyndeton | using several conjunctions in close succession(as in 'he ran and jumped and laughed for joy') | 67 | |
| 6742970889 | rhyme | the same syllable sounds at the end of 2 or more lines | 68 | |
| 6742970890 | scansion | the metrical analysis of a poem | 69 | |
| 6742970892 | speaker | the narrator of a poem | 70 | |
| 6742970896 | synesthesia | describing one kind of sensation in terms of another ("a loud color", "a sweet sound") | 71 | |
| 6742970897 | syntax | the grammatical order and organization of words, phrases, and clauses within a sentence | 72 | |
| 6742970898 | tone | the attitude of the writer toward the subject or characters | 73 | |
| 6742970900 | verisimilitude | the quality of appearing to be true, real, likely, or probable | 74 | |
| 6742970901 | versification | the structural form of a verse as revealed by scansion | 75 | |
| 6742970902 | lyric | a short poem that focuses on the compression and expression of emotion | 76 | |
| 6742970903 | ballad | a narrative poem made up of four-line stanzas that tends to be directly narrated | 77 | |
| 6742970904 | ode | a poem usually addressed to a particular person, object or event that has stimulated deep and noble feelings in the poet | 78 | |
| 6742970906 | sestina | 6 six-line stanzas ending with tercet; last words of each line in 1st stanza are repeated as last words in next stanza | 79 | |
| 6742970908 | epigram | a brief poem that is often witty | 80 | |
| 6742970909 | elegy | a poem expressing lament for the dead | 81 | |
| 6742970910 | aubade | a poem about dawn; a morning love song; or a poem about the parting of lovers at dawn | 82 | |
| 6742970911 | ekphrastic | related to a literary description of or response to a visual work of art | 83 | |
| 6742970912 | elision | the omission of a sound or syllable when speaking (as in I'm, let's, e ' en ) | 84 | |
| 6742970914 | feminine rhyme | lines rhymed by their final 2 syllables | 85 | |
| 6742970915 | syllabic verse | verse measured by the number of syllables rather than the number of metrical feet | 86 | |
| 6743159571 | anastrophe | inverted order of words | 87 | |
| 6743171080 | dirge | a somber song/lament expressing mourning or grief | 88 | |
| 6743191430 | ellipsis | the omission of a word/phrase that is grammatically necessary but can be deduced | 89 | |
| 6743212339 | idyllic | pleasing or picturesque in natural simplicity | 90 | |
| 6743224173 | caricature | a portrait (verbal or nonverbal) that exaggerates a facet of personality | 91 |
