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| non-rhyming | Poetry's most popular format, allows writers to focus on ideas and imagery rather than matching words with the same sounds |
| hyperbole | a figure of speech that uses incredible exaggeration, or overstatement, for effect |
| connotation | the idea or emotion associated with a word orphrase in addition to its actual meaning |
| denotation | the dictionary definition of the word |
| repetition | the use of a word or group of words more than once in a poem |
| figurative language | language used with meaning beyond the usual dictionary definition |
| meter | the pattern of accented and unaccented syllables in lines to create rhythm |
| assonance | the repetition of vowel sounds |
| consonance | the repetition of final consonant sounds (Example: east, west) |
| similes | use "like" or "as" or "than" to make comparisions |
| metaphors | make comparisions without using signaling words such as "like" or "as" |
| personification | gives human qualities to non-human things or ideas |
| alliteration | the use of two or more words in a sentence that have the same beginning sounds |
| onomatopoeia | use of words that sounds like the things they name |
