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| repetition of a consonant sound, usually at the beginning of two or more words in a line of verse |
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| reference to some person, place, or event that has literary, historical, or geographical significance |
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| words are addressed to a person or thing-absent or present-or to a personified idea, such as death, truth, or nature |
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| repetition in a line of verse with the same vowel sound |
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| unrhymed iambic pentameter |
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| implied or suggested meaning of a word or expression |
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| two consecutive lines of verse which rhyme and are usually of equal length |
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| literal dictionary meaning of a word |
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| printed conversation between two or more characters in fiction, drama, or poetry |
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| short tale that teaches a moral lesson using animals with human qualities |
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| words are used in a nonliteral way in order to convey a forceful or vivid mental picture |
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| group of syllables in a definite pattern, containing at least one accented syllable |
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| verse which does not conform to any fixed pattern |
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| any word or group of words, that evokes a sensory impression |
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| says one things but means the opposite |
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| short poem that seems to be especially musical and expresses, in most instances, the poets clearly revealed thoughts and feelings |
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| a comparison of two things without the use of like or as |
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| pattern of rhythm determined by the relationship between the accented and unaccented syllables in a line of poetry |
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| predominating atmosphere or feeling of a poem |
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| imitates the sound of the word |
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| back to back contradictory words |
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| statement which while seemingly contradictory or absurd may actually be well founded or true |
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| giving human qualities to non-human items |
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| repetition of the same (or similar) sound/sounds at the end of words |
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| pattern in which rhymes are arranged in a poem |
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| regular rise and fall of sounds |
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| comparison using like or as |
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| poem consisting of fourteen lines, usually written in iambic pentameter and dealing with a single idea or emotion |
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| group of lines of verse treated as a unit and separated from other unites by soace |
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| object that stands for, or represents, an idea |
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| feeling conveyed by the authors attitude toward his subject and the particular way in which he writes about it |
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