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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Alliteration | Two words in the same line with the same starting sound. |
| Metaphor | A directly stated comparison. |
| Onomatopoeia | The attempt to spell out a sound. |
| Narrative poetry | That which tells a story with characters, a plot, etc. |
| Imagery | Pictures drawn in the reader's mind by the words of the poet. |
| Personification | Giving human characteristics to inanimate objects. |
| Simile | A comparison using like or as. |
| Repetition | Using a key word several times throughout a poem. |
| Stanza | A paragraph in poetry, surrounded above and below by skipped lines. |
| Couplet | Two rhyming lines in a row, usually stating an important thematic idea. |
| Speaker | The voice of the poem, usually NOT the poet. |
| Tone | He feelings the speaker has about the subject. |
| Mood | The feelings of the reader of a poem. |
| Diction | The choice of words of the speaker. |
| Irony | When the outcome is the opposite of what was expected. |
| Allusion | A reference to something the poet thinks everyone already knows. |
| Connotation | The extra meaning associated with a word more than just its definition. |
| Theme | The generalization about life understood from experiencing any work of art. |
| Hyperbole | Exaggeration for humorous or thematic effect. |
| Symbol | An object which carries more meaning than simply its dictionary definition. |