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Literary Terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Paradox | using contradiction in a manner that oddly makes sense on a deeper level |
| Scansion | the act of scanning a poem to determine its meter |
| Diction | the choice of a particular word as opposed to other |
| Monologue | An interior monologue not necessarily represent spoken words |
| Dramatic Monologue | A poem in which a poetic speaker addresses either the reader or an internal listener at length |
| Interior Monologue | A type of stream of consciousness in which the author depicts the interior thoughts of a single indivdual |
| Persona | an external representation of oneself which might or might not accurately reflect's one inner self |
| Mood | a feeling, emotional state, or disposition of mind especially |
| Consonance | the final consonants of the stressed syllables match each other out the vowels differ |
| Assonance | repeating identical or similar vowels |
| Sibilance | a consonant characterized by a hissing sound |
| Narrative Poetry | a form of poetry which tells a story |
| Caesura | a pause separating phrases within lines of poetry |
| Enjambment | a line with no pause or end punction |
| End-Stop | a line ending in a full pause |
| Antithesis | using a opposite phrase is a close conjunction |
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