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| end rhyme | rhyme that occurs at the end of lines of poetry |
| internal rhyme | rhyme within a line of poetry |
| slant rhyme | words that sound similar but do not rhyme exactly |
| alliteration | the repetition of identical consonant sounds at the beginning of words in close proximity |
| assonance | repetition of vowel sounds followed by different consonant sounds in words that are close together |
| consonance | repetition of two or more consonant sounds close together in the middle or at the end of words |
| diction | a writer's choice of specific words to create an effect |
| tone | the poet's attitude toward his/her subject (how the writer feels) |
| mood | the feelings aroused by a work of literature (how the reader feels) |
| syntax | the order of and relationship between words in a sentence or phrase |
| irony | an inconsistency between what is expected and what actually happens |
| understatement | the opposite of hyperbole--a figure of speech that says less than is intended |
| fixed form | poetry that conforms to a formulaic pattern of rhyme, rhythm, and/or structure |
| free form | poetry that does not conform to a pattern of rhyme, rhythm, or structure |
| lyric poetry | poetry that expresses feelings, often in imaginative ways |
| narrative poetry | poetry that tells a story |
| sonnet | a fourteen line poem written in iambic pentameter with a set rhyme scheme and structure |
| pastoral poem | poem about aspects of life in the countryside among shepherds and/or other farm workers |
| blank verse | unrhymed iambic pentameter |
| free verse | poetry without rhyme or set rhythm/meter |
