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| allusion | a reference in a work of literature to something outside the work, especially to a well-known historical or literary event, person, or work |
| author | a person who writes a novel, short story, poem, essay, etc. |
| connotation | the implications of a word or phrase, as opposed to its exact meaning |
| consonance | the repetition of consonant sounds within a line of poetry |
| couplet | two successive rhyming lines |
| denotation | the definition of a word |
| form | the structure or organization of the work that gives it unity |
| imagery | the sensory details of a work |
| metaphor | a figurative use of language in which a comparison is expressed without using "like," "as," or "than" |
| paradox | an apparent contradiction that may actually contain a universal truth |
| personification | a figurative use of language which endows the nonhuman with human characteristics |
| poem | a composition that is characterized by great beauty of language and expression |
| poet | a person who composes poetry |
| poetry | the art of rhythmical composition, written or spoken, for exciting pleasure by beautiful, imaginative, or elevated thoughts |
| simile | a figurative use of language which a comparison is expressed using "like" or "as" |
| speaker | the narrator of a poem |
| subject | the topic that a literary work addresses |
| symbol | something that is simultaneously itself and a sign of something else |
| theme | the main thought expressed by a work |
| thesis | a general statement of a major aspect of the literary work that can be substantiated through analysis of elements |
