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| alliteration | the repeating of consonant sounds |
| apostrophe | in this figure of speech, the poet talks to, or addresses, a person or thing that is not present. |
| assonance | the repeating of vowel sounds |
| atmosphere | the general mood of a piece of literature. |
| couplet | two lines of poetry ( one right after the other) that rhyme. |
| exaggeration | making something seem more than it really is. |
| genre | a type of literary work, such as a poem, novel, short story etc. |
| lyric poem | a short poem that expresses the writer's personal feelings and thoughts. |
| meter | the rhythm, or beat, in poetry. |
| quatrain | a four-line stanza |
| repetition | words or sentences used over and over to create a feeling or mood. |
| rhyme | the repetition of sounds in the words of a poem; words that sound alike. |
| rhyme scheme | the pattern of rhyme in a poem. |
| rhythm | a special sound pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables, or beats, in a poem. |
| stanza | a group of lines in a poem or song. |
| theme | the main idea of a poem or story. |
| tone | the feeling the writer shows toward the subject of the poem or story. |
| verbal irony | what is meant may be the opposite of what is said. |
| coin words | make up words. |
| idiom | a group of words with a special meaning. |
