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| lyric poem | a poem that does not tell a story but aims only at expressing a speaker's emotions or thoughts |
| ballad | a type of narrative poem that usually deals with tragic or exciting events; some are songs |
| sonnet | a type of lyric poem with 14 lines; it has a set meter and rhyme |
| haiku | a short lyric poem with 17 syllables; this comes from Japan and often uses images from nature |
| stanza | a group of lines in a poem that form a single unit; like a poetic paragraph |
| couplet | a pair (2) of rhyming lines |
| refrain | a repeating word, phrase, line, or sentence structure |
| dialect | a way of speaking that is characteristic of a particular region |
| tone | the attitude the writer has towards the audience or the topic (serious, humorous, etc.) |
| connotation | The underlying meaning or feel to a word. |
| pun | A play on the multiple meanings of a word or on two words that sound the same but have different meanings |
| irony | a contrast or difference between what we expect to happen and what really happens |
| allusion | A reference to a statement, person, place, or event that is known from literature or culture. |
| theme | a main idea or underlying truth in a story |
| symbol | something that stands for something else |
| symbol | dove = peace is an example of which literary term? |
| allusion | If Mr. Smith really loves his wife, he may call her "my Penelope." What term does this represent? |
| irony | When a funeral director delivers a baby, this is an example of which term? |
| pun | What has four wheels and FLIES? (garbage truck) This is an example of which term? |
| connotation | slender has a more positive feeling than skinny. What term does this represent? |
| dialect | In the south, we say "y'all." What is the literary term for this expression? |
