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| alliteration | the repetition of the same initial letter, sound, or group of sounds in a series of words |
| allusion | reference to a well-known historical or literary figure or event |
| assonance | repetition without rhyme of vowel sounds in stressed syllables |
| connotation | the emotional meaning of a word, based on personal experience |
| consonance | words in which the final consonant sound agrees, but vowels differ |
| denotation | the exact definition of a particular word |
| hyperbole | dramatic exaggeration |
| imagery | words which arouse the 5 senses |
| metaphor | a comparison of one thing to another not normally related |
| onomatopoeia | use of a word to describe or imitate a sound |
| paradox | an apparent contradiction, may actually be true |
| personification | giving human characteristics to non-human things |
| quatrain | stanza of 4 lines |
| refrain | line repeated in a poem |
| rhyme | repeating the same ending sound in words |
| meter | emphasis on syllables in a regular pattern |
| simile | using "like" or "as" to compare items |
| stanza | line of grouped verse |
| tone | poet's attitude in a piece of writing |
