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| 9869485572 | metonymy | a figure of speech in which the name of one object is substituted for something closely associated with (ex. the track for horse racing) | 0 | |
| 9869485573 | synechdoche | a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa, as in Cleveland won by six runs (meaning "Cleveland's baseball team") | 1 | |
| 9869485574 | hyperbole | exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally (this backpack weighs a ton!) | 2 | |
| 9869487365 | paradox | a seemingly absurd or self-contradictory statement or proposition that when investigated or explained may prove to be well founded or true. "in a paradox, he has discovered that stepping back from his job has increased the rewards he gleans from it" | 3 | |
| 9869487366 | oxymoron | a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction a phrase that combines normally contradictory terms (jumbo shrimp) | 4 | |
| 9869490140 | situational irony | irony involving a situation in which actions have an effect that is opposite from what was intended, so that the outcome is contrary to what was expected. | 5 | |
| 9869490141 | verbal irony | Verbal Irony is when words express something contrary to truth or someone says the opposite of what they really feel or mean. | 6 | |
| 9869490142 | dramatic irony | irony that is inherent in speeches or a situation of a drama and is understood by the audience but not grasped by the characters in the play. | 7 | |
| 9869490143 | alliteration | the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words | 8 | |
| 9869490144 | assonance | in poetry, the repetition of the sound of a vowel or diphthong in nonrhyming stressed syllables near enough to each other for the echo to be discernible (e.g., penitence, reticence ). resemblance of sounds , repetition of vowel sounds | 9 | |
| 9869493064 | onomatopoeia | the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named (e.g., cuckoo, sizzle ). | 10 | |
| 9869493065 | consonance | repetitive sounds produced by consonants (i.e pitter patter, or wish sharp cushion quash) | 11 | |
| 9869493066 | rhythm | Rhythm is a literary device that demonstrates the long and short patterns through stressed and unstressed syllables, particularly in verse form. | 12 | |
| 9869495576 | rhyme scheme | Rhyme scheme is a poet's deliberate pattern of lines that rhyme with other lines in a poem or a stanza. | 13 | |
| 9869495577 | internal rhyme | a rhyme involving a word in the middle of a line and another at the end of the line or in the middle of the next. | 14 | |
| 9869498601 | slant or near rhyme | a type of rhyme formed by words with similar but not identical sounds. | 15 | |
| 9869498602 | meter | a unit of rhythm in poetry, the pattern of the beats. It is also called a foot. Each foot has a certain number of syllables in it, | 16 | |
| 9869498603 | iambic pentameter | a line of verse with five metrical feet, each consisting of one short (or unstressed) syllable followed by one long (or stressed) syllable, for example Two households, both alike in dignity. | 17 | |
| 9869498604 | blank verse | verse without rhyme, especially that which uses iambic pentameter. | 18 | |
| 9869501826 | free verse | poetry that does not rhyme or have a regular meter. | 19 | |
| 9869501827 | enjambment | the continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line, couplet, or stanza | 20 | |
| 9869504991 | caesura | a break between words within a metrical foot. | 21 | |
| 9869504992 | couplets | A couplet is a pair of successive lines of metre in poetry. A couplet usually consists of two successive lines that rhyme and have the same metre. | 22 | |
| 9869504993 | ode | a lyric poem in the form of an address to a particular subject, often elevated in style or manner and written in varied or irregular meter. | 23 | |
| 9869507756 | ballad | a poem or song narrating a story in short stanzas. | 24 | |
| 9869507757 | diction | Diction is word choice, or the style of speaking that a writer, speaker, or character uses. matches the audience | 25 | |
| 9869507758 | allusion | an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference. | 26 | |
| 9869507759 | euphemism | a mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing. ""downsizing" as a euphemism for cuts" | 27 | |
| 9869509460 | apostrophe | an apostrophe is a term used when a speaker directly addresses someone or something that isn't present in the poem. The speaker could be addressing an abstract concept like love, a person (dead or alive), a place, or even a thing, like the sun or the sea or death. | 28 | |
| 9869509461 | soliloquy | an act of speaking one's thoughts aloud when by oneself or regardless of any hearers, especially by a character in a play. | 29 | |
| 9869509462 | monologue | extended speech by one person | 30 |
