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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 | the 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. |