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Interal rhyme | Words within the same line that have the same ending sound |
Ballad | A poem that tells a story similar to a folk tale or legend and often have repeated stanza |
Refrain | A line or group of lines that is repeated throughout a poem, usually after every stanza |
Apostrophe | Talking to a person or object who is not there |
Hyperbole | Big exaggeration, usually with humor |
Understatement | Purposely making a situation seem less serious than it is |
Irony | Words that mean opposite of their literal meaning |
Allusion | A reference to something from literature, history, or culture to express a point |
Cliche' | A word or phrase that has become overly familiar or commonplace, over used |
Idiom | An expression that cannot be understood by defining separate words |