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| assonance | Repetition of similar vowel sounds followed by different consonant sounds in words that are close together. |
| consonance | The repetition of consonant sounds with differing vowel sounds in words near each other in a line or lines of poetry. |
| hyperbole | A figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion, to make a point, or to evoke humor. |
| rhyme | Repetition of the same stressed vowel sounds and any succeeding sounds in two or more words. |
| rhyme scheme | : a repeated pattern of end rhymes; usually marked with letters of the alphabet (ABBA would mark a rhyme scheme in the first stanza of, say, dog/man/plan/fog; CDDC would mark a rhyme scheme in the second stanza of, say, map/press/dress/slap). |
| End Rhyme | Rhyme occurring at the end of lines. |
| Internal Rhyme | Rhyme occurring within a single line |
| Slant Rhyme | Occurs when words include sounds that are similar but not identical. |
| Quatrain | A stanza or poem consisting of four lines. Lines 2 and 4 must rhyme while having a similar number of syllables. |
| Sonnet | A lyric poem that consists of 14 lines which usually have one or more conventional rhyme schemes. |
| Diamante Poem | there are seven lines, and each line must have a specific number and type of words. When you're finished, the poem will be in the shape of a diamond. |
| Meter | The measured pattern of rhythmic accents in poems. |
| Rhythm | The recurrence of accent or stress in lines of verse. |
| Setting | The time and place of a literary work that establishes its context |
| Tone | The implied attitude of a writer (or speaker) toward the subject and characters of a work. |
| Symbol | An object or action in a literary work that means more than itself, that stands for something beyond itself. |
| Stanza | a grouping of lines in a poem (much like a paragraph); the number of lines can follow a strict form, or be organically chosen as in free verse. |
| Anaphora | repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of the line. |
| Couplet | a two line stanza, or the same rhyme pattern in two conjoined lines. |
| Concrete Poem | The shape of the poem on the page symbolizes the content of the poem. |
