| A | B |
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| connotation | what the word means when you say it |
| denotation | the dictionary meaning of the word |
| alliteration | repretition of initial consonant sounds |
| stanza | a formal divison of lines in a poem |
| meter | the poem's rhythical patten and style |
| poetry | one of the three big types of literature |
| onomatipoeia | use of words to imitate sound |
| speaker | imaginary voice assumed by the writer of a poem |
| dramatic poem | uses the techniques of drama |
| lyric poem | highly musical verse that expresses the observation and feeling of a single speaker |
| metaphor | calling something by another name |
| simile | saying something is as/like something else |
| paraphase | putting something into your own words |
| internal rhyme | rhyme on the same exact line |
| exact rhyme | rhymes that have the exact sound at the end |
| near/slate rhyme | words that rhyme but sound a little different |
| end rhyme | when it rhymes at the end of a sentence |
| rhyme | rhythical pattern |
| prologue | information given to you before story starts |
| chorus | the information in the prologue |
| paradox | absurb statement that can be true |
| oxymoron | putting two opposite words next to each other |
| allusion | a reference to a famous person, place or thing |
| conceit | an extended metaphor with information |
| monologue | speech by one charater, talking to another on stage |
| aside | charater talks to themselves for the benefit of the audience |
| dialogue | conversation between two or more people |
| staging | stage direction |
| foil | charater opposite from another charater, person or thing that makes another look better |
| personification | giving human attributes to others |
| antropomorphism | also personification |
| solioquy | a speech by one alone on stage |
| pun | joke around with wordplay, 13 |
