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| alliteration | repitition of beginning consenent sounds |
| ballad | narrative poem, often of folk and origin and intended to be sung |
| cinquain | poem that gets its name from the fact that its 5 lines long |
| connotation | not the actual literal dictionary meaning |
| denotation | the exact dictionary definition of a word |
| end rhyme | the words at the end of the line rhyme or sound alike |
| free verse | poetry that has no rhythm or rhyme |
| haiku | japanese poetry that niether has rhyme or rhythm b/c its lang. doesnt lend itself to these charateristics- 3 lines |
| hyperbole | an exaggerated statement |
| imagery | concrete words or details that appeal to the 5 senses |
| light verses | a short poem written to amuse or entertain |
| limerick | a 5 line poem: lines 1, 2 & 5 rhyme & liines 3&4 rhyme |
| metaphor | an implied comparison between 2 dissimular things |
| mood | the feeling w/in the work |
| onomatopoeia | words used to imitate the sounds of things |
| oxymoron | a phrase that brings 2 words together that controdict eachother |
| personification | human characteristics given to an unhuman like thing |
| rhyme | repitition of like sounds |
| rhyme scheme | a pattern of end rhyme |
| rhythm | the arrangment of stressed and unstressed sounds |
| simile | a comparison between 2 unlike things using "like" or "as" |
| stanza | a group of lines in a poem |
| symbol | a person place or object that has another meaning besides its literal meanign |
| theme | main idea |
| tone | authors attitude toward its work |
