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| The repitition of the same or similar sounds,usually in stressed syllables at the ends of lines |
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| Two rhyming lines [or a poem in which every two lines rhyme] |
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| The repitition of similar [not exact] sounds at the end of lines |
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| The repitition of the beginning consonant sound |
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| The central message or main idea of a poem |
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| Poetry composed of either rhymed or unrhymed lines that have no set meter |
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| The repitition or pattern of similar sounds, especially vowel sounds |
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| A figure of speech in which two seemingly unlike things are compared using "like" or "as" |
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| A form of writing that uses not only words, but also form, patterns of sound, imagery,and figurative language to convey its message |
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| A light,humerous poem of five lines with the aabba rhyme scheme |
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| A figure of speech in which exaggeration is used for emphasis or effect |
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| The pattern of beats or stresses in a poem |
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| A five-lined poem based on syllable count and parts of speech |
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| A phrase or expression that has a different meaning from what the words suggest in their original meaning |
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| A seven lined poem shaped like a diamond |
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| Figurative language used to create particular mental images drawing upon the senses |
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| A figure of speech in which things or abstract ideas are given human attributes or characteristics |
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| A Japanese poem composed of three unrhymed lines of 5,7,and 5 syllables which reflect some aspect of nature |
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| A type of poetry where the poem takes on the shape of its object |
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| Something that represents or stands for somehting else |
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| A figure of speech in which words are used to imitate sounds |
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| Two or more lines of poetry that together form one of the divisions of a poem and has a main idea just as paragraphs do |
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| A comparison of two seemingly unlike thigs wherein something is stated as something else not using "like" or "as" |
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| The restatement of words,phrases,sounds to emphasize a point |
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| The authors feelings toward a subject |
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| The rhyming of words at the end of two or more lines |
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