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| Acrostics | word puzz;e in which lines of verse are arranged so that words, phrases or sentences are formed |
| Alliteration | the repitionof inital consonant sounds in closely positioned words for aural effect. |
| Anaphora | deliberate repition of a word or phrase |
| Archetype | a symbol, theme such as Dracula, Dr. Jekell and Mr. Hyde embodies the archetypes of horror stories. |
| Assonance | repetition of words of identical or similar vowel sounds in closely positioned words, as /a/in the mad hatter. l |
| Cinquain | five line stanza poem syallable pattern 2,4,6,8, and 2. |
| closed syllable | a syllable ending with short vowel and one or more consonants (splash) |
| concrete information | factual information |
| couplet | a pair of rhyming verse lines |
| Diamantes | poetry arranged in a diamond pattern. |
