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| meter | rhythmical pattern of a poem determined by number and types of stresses or beats in each line |
| rhyme scheme | regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem |
| stanza | division of lines in a poem |
| sonnet | 14 line poem |
| quatrain | a stanza or poem made up of 4 lines |
| couplet | a pair of rhyming lines |
| oxymoron | a fiqure of speech where opposite terms or contradictory terms are combined |
| figurative language | writing or speech not meant to be interpreted literally |
| personification | a type of figurative language in which a nonhuman subject is given human characterstics |
| metaphorical language | comparison of unlike things |
| imagery | a word or phrase that appeals to one or more of the five senses |
| blank verse | unrhymed iambic pentameter |
| alliteration | the repetition of initial consonant sounds |
| assonance | the repetition of vowel sounds |
| pun | play on words based on different meanings of words that sound alike |
| dramatic foil | character who highlights or brings out the personality traits of another character |
| soliloquy | speech in which a character, alone on stage, expresses his or her thoughts to the audience |
| aside | a remark made to the audience, unheard by the other characters |
| monologue | a lengthy speech addressed to characters, not to the audience |
| tone | feelings and emotions that accompany words |
| dramatic irony | a devise whereby a character's words or actions have one meaning for the character and quite different meaning for the audience or reader |
| foreshadowing | the hints and preparations for later events |
| tragedy | drama in which the central character meets with disaster or great misfortune |
| theme | central idea or insight about life revealed in a work of literature |
