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| imagery | descriptions that appeal to one of the senses |
| symbol | something that represents more than what it is |
| metaphor | comparing two different things by stating that one is another |
| alliteration | the repetition of a specific sound at the beginnings of words |
| allusion | a reference to something else: historical and literary figure, event, music, another work of literature, art |
| assonance | the repetition of vowel sounds within non-rhyming words |
| consonance | the repetition of a consonant sound within words or at the end of words |
| mood/mood shift | the feeling a poem creates in the reader; a noticeable change in that feeling |
| internal rhyme | rhymes occuring within lines of the poem |
| line | a row of words in a poem |
| stanza | a group of lines forming a unit |
| rhyme scheme | the pattern of rhyme used ina poem |
| onomatopeia | a word that imitates the sound of what it describes |
| personification | giving human characteristics to an animal, object, or idea |
