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| alliteration | repetition of initial consonant sounds in close succession |
| allusion | reference to a literary or historical person or subject |
| assonance | repeated vowel sounds |
| concrete poem | poem of words in form of a picture |
| consonance | repetition of end consonant sounds |
| couplet | two successive rhyming lines of same meter and length |
| imagery | sensory details (5 senses) |
| metaphor | direct comparison w/o "like" or "as" |
| extended metaphor | series of comparisons throughout a poem |
| meter | pattern of accented & unaccented syllables in line of verse |
| onomatopoeia | use of words whose sound implies the meaning |
| personification | inanimate object is given human qualities |
| simile | comparison using "like" or "as" |
| speaker | "narrator" through which the poet is speaking |
| symbolism | something represents something larger than itself |
| theme | main idea of a poem or story |
| connotation | meaning of word suggesting more than is actually expressed; deeper meaning |
| denotation | literal meaning or "dictionary" definition of a word |
| free verse | lines with no set metrical or rhythmic pattern. |
| lyric poem | song |
| narrative poem | poem that tells a story |
| stanza | grouping of lines in a poem; like a paragraph in writing |
| tone | speaker's attitude toward the subject of the poem |
