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| alliteration | repeated consonant sounds occuring at the beginning of words within a sentence |
| allusion | reference to a person, place, idea or event in history in a piece of writing |
| assonance | repetition of vowel sounds |
| figurative language | language that means more than what it says on the surface |
| free Verse | poetry without a regular meter or rhyme scheme |
| imagery | descriptions of people or objects stated in terms used of the senses |
| metaphor | comparing two relatively unlie things without using like or as |
| idom | a saying that can not be translated word for word in another language |
| hyperbole | an exaggerated statement used to heighten effect |
| meter | rhythmic element, beats |
| onomatopoeia | the use of words to mimic sounds |
| personification | giving nonliving things human characteristics |
| rhyme | the repetition of accented vowel sounds and all following them in words close together in a poem |
| simile | comparing two things that are not alike using like or as |
| stanza | in a poem, a group of consecutive lines that form a single unit |
| symbol | something that stands for something else |
| irony | the opposite of what it means |
| puns | words that are humorous, a play on words |
| cliche' | a sentence or phrase that is overused |
