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| Alliteration | Repetition of consonant sounds. EX: She sells seashells by the seashore. |
| Connotation | Emotional & cultural associations and added meanings that affect the way people respond to words. |
| Denotation | The literal meaning of a word or dictionary definition. |
| Figurative Language | Language expanded beyond the everyday, literal meaning. Ex: Simile, metaphor, personification. |
| Imagery | Words that create a picture or impression in your imagination. |
| Inference | Reasonable conclusion drawn by the reader or viewer from hints provided by the author. |
| Irony | A contrast between what appears to be and what really is. |
| Metaphor | A comparison of two unlike things that doesn't use like or as. |
| Mood | A feeling aroused in the reader by the author. |
| Personification | When non-human things are given human characteristics. |
| Rhyme | Repetition of syllable sounds. End words that share a particular sound are called END RHYME. The pattern of END RHYMES in a poem is called RHYME SCHEME. |
| Rhythm | The arrangement of stressed and unstressed sounds in writing and speech. |
| Setting | Time, place, and general environment in which the events of a poem occur. |
| Simile | A comparison in which the word like or as is used. |
| Stanza | A grouping of several lines of poetry, similar to a paragraph in a story. |
