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5127372332AlliterationThe repetition of one or more initial consonants in a group of words.0
5127377694AllusionA reference to a person, place, or event meant to create an effect or enhance the meaning of an idea1
5127382739AssonanceThe repetition of two or more vowel sounds in a group of words or lines in poetry and prouse2
5127392106Blank VerseIambic pentameter, do not rhyme. ex Shakespeare3
5127400086CaesuraA pause somewhere in the MIDDLE of a verse, often but not always with a punct4
5127403802ClassicalFrom ancient Greek and Roman culture, formality, objectivity, simplicity, and restraint5
5127409155ConceitWitty or ingenious thought a diverting or highly fanciful idea, fig lang6
5127413708ConnotationImplied meaning of a word or phrase.7
5127416444ConsonanceRepetition of 2 or more consonant sounds in a groups of words or a line of poetry8
5127419073DenotationDictionary definition of a word9
5127420922ElegyLaments or meditates on the passing of death or something or someone of value10
5127424309End-stoppedDescribes a line of poetry that ends with a natural pause often indicated by a mark of punctuation11
5127428582EnjambmentUse of the successive lines with no punctuation or pause between them12
5127436205Figure of speechEx. Metaphors, similes, and personification13
5127438561HyperboleOverstatement, exaggeration14
5127441014Free VerseNo rhymed lines, rhythm, or fixed metrical feet15
5127446916Lyric PoetryPersonal, reflective poetry that reveals the speaker's thoughts and feelings16
5127449504Middle EnglishLanguage spoken in England between 1150 and 1500 A.D17
5127452552MoodEmotional tone in a work of literature18
5127453843Old EnglishAnglo-Saxon language spoken in England from 450 to 1150 A.D.19
5127459672OxymoronTerms consisting contradictory elements juxtaposed to create affect20
5127465300ParadoxStatement that seems self-contradictory but is nevertheless true21
5127468931PentameterA verse with 5 poetic feet per line, 10 syllbols22
5127474027QuatrainA four-line poem or a four-line unit of a longer poem23
5127476937RhymeRepetition of similar sounds at regular intervals24
5127479229StanzaA group of two or more lines in poetry combined according to subject matter, rhyme, or some other plan25
5127485503VoltaTurn26
5127487117MalapropismMistaken use of a word in place of a similar sounding one, often with amusing effect27
5127490017Non-sequiterDoes not follow28

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